The
apex Igbo socio-political organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, on Friday highlighted
reasons for the high-level insecurity in Nigeria.
Ohanaeze
claimed that the presidency’s alleged weak handling of killer herdsmen was
responsible for the level of insecurity in the country.
Deputy
National Publicity Secretary of Ohanaeze, Chuks Ibegbu also blamed insecurity
in the country on the elites and government officials, who loot public funds.
In
a statement he signed, Ibegbu said: “We blame the issue of insecurity on elite
insensitivity, looting of our commonwealth by government officials which leave
the people and youths pauperized, inadequate training for security agents and
nepotism in their recruitment.
“Kids
glove treatment of armed killer herdsmen by government officials and the
Presidency, parasitism by the ruling elites who corner the commonwealth of the
people to their bottomless pockets, culture of impunity in high and low
places,injustice and inequality between the haves and have nots, and the
excessive breeding of the population which leads to population explosion
especially of the youth strata.”
Ibegbu
also stated that the “population of idle youths in Nigeria is much caused by
uncontrolled breeding especially in the North.
“There
are more than 20million idle almajiris in the North, 7million area boys in the
west and 10 million militants and idle hands drawn into IPOB and MASSOB in the
East and South-South respectively.
“When
you have this angry youth population in the country you can imagine the
consequences. The elites in the North now travel from Kaduna to Abuja by rail
to avoid being kidnapped along the road. The elites in the East and South-South
have no functional rail to travel to so they must face the kidnappers along
East-West road.
“The
elites in the Southwest are luckier, they can go by air or sea and some along
the risky Lagos -Ibadan expressway. So nowhere is safe any more in Nigeria, not
even barracks, except perhaps Aso Rock and state Government Houses,” he added.
On
the way forward, Ibegbu called on the “Nigeria elites and ruling class to
repent and address the needs of the youths and common masses else they will
have no peace since they sowed the wind, they will continue to reap the
whirlwind.”
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