For the umpteenth time, the Senate has called for the Sacking of the Service Chiefs following the gruesome murder of 43 members by suspected Boko Haram members in Borno on Saturday, November 29.
The farmers were decapitated by Boko Haram Members in their farms.
This latest call for the sacking of the Service Chiefs followed a motion of urgent public importance moved by Sen Kashim Shettima on Tuesday.
Shettima, a former governor of the Borno State in his motion called for a transition period to ease out the Service Chiefs.
“They were working in their farmlands and there was no form of resistance or challenge from the security agencies stationed a few kilometres away.
“The Nigerian military in conjunction with other security agencies up till today have not been able to quell the insurgency affecting the region in spite of the slogan by government officials that the insurgents have been technically defeated.
“The primary objective of government is the protection of its citizens. Protecting the lives and property of citizens is the primary obligation of government,” he said.
The Senate therefore urged the President to take immediate steps to restructure, remodel the country’s security architecture and provide enough state-of-the-art weapons and equipment to effectively combat the insurgents.
Also, the President was urged to immediately probe widespread allegations and leakages within the security structure and put mechanisms in place to foster transparency and ensure all resources deployed for security are spent on the needs on ground.
The Senate sought the recruitment of 10,000 Civilian Joint Task Force to join in the fight against insurgency.
The legislators also requested for the massive recruitment into security agencies.
Meanwhile, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday, December 1, revealed its alarm over the “reckless and bizarre” attempt by the Presidency to rationalise the gruesome beheading of 43 innocent Nigerians by insurgents in Zabarmari, Borno State.
Also, the opposition party bemoaned claims by the Presidency that the farmers were killed; because they failed to get clearance before going to their farms.
4wardwego had reported that a spokesman to President Muhammadu Buhari, Garba Shehu, made the comment during an interview with the BBC on Monday.
However, in a statement issued by the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Monday, the PDP said the remarks by the Presidency “smacks of support for the insurgency”.
It also added that it was also an admission that the Buhari administration had been “overwhelmed by terrorists and can no longer guarantee our compatriots a normal life.”
