By Mu’azu Abubakar Albarkawa, Kaduna
A Youths Activist in Zaria, Kaduna State Hon Ibrahim Garba Umar Madalla, has lamented that the Northern Nigeria is completely at the mercy of terrorists and other armed groups following the massacre of over 40 innocent farmers in Zabarmari of Borno State by Boko Haram terrorists sect and the recent attack by bandits in Katsina state.
Hon Ibrahim Garba disclose this in an interview with Newsmen in Kaduna, said the Muhammadu Buhari administration and federal troops have lost control of security and can no longer be relied upon to protect northern communities.
He decried that the security situation is getting worse every day saying bandits and insurgents take advantage of the huge vacuum in the administration’s political will and capacity to act which they exploit with disastrous consequences on communities and individuals.
Ibrahim Garba Madalla he therefore urged citizens to rise and protect themselves.
“All northerners are by now alarmed at the rising insecurity of communities and their properties in the North with the escalation of attacks by bandits, rustlers and insurgents leaving the only conclusion that the people of the North are now completely at the mercy of armed gangs who roam towns and villages at will, wrecking havoc.
“It is no longer in doubt that the current administration of Muhammadu Buhari and state governors have lost control over the imperatives of protecting people of the North, a constitutional duty that they swore to uphold, Madalla lamented.
He added that categorically declare it unacceptable for the people of the North to continue living under this level of exposure to criminals who attack, kill, maim, rape, kidnap, burn villages and rustle cattle, while the President and security chiefs issue threats and promises that have no effect.
“The situation under which all northern communities live today is no longer tolerable and we must all rise to protect ourselves and demand an immediate and comprehensive overhaul of the leadership of the nation’s military and the entire security and law and order assets,” Ibrahim Garba Umar said.
