Insecurity: Protesters Demand sack of two Nigerian Security chiefs

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Many aggrieved people took to the streets today to protest the nation’s insecurity challenges. The protesters came under the name of the Guardians of Democracy and Development Initiative (GDDI), calling the president of Nigeria to sack two of his security chiefs for the alleged abdication of duties.

The affected security chiefs include Maj. Gen. Babagana Monguno (Rtd), the National Security Adviser (NSA) and Maj. Gen. Bashir Salihi Magashi (Rtd), the Defence Minister.

The protesting individuals started marching from the Abuja Unity fountain with several placards and banners with inscriptions like: “Defence Minister is incompetent, sack him now,” “Magashi must go,” “We say no to incompetent NSA and Defence Minister.” The protest was to express the anger of the protesters connecting to the worsening security in the nation.

The group made their demands known through Comrade Danesi Momoh, threatened the solidarize with the people asking for the resignation or impeachment of President Buhari should he fail to sack Monguno and Magashi.

He said, “We wish to start with the statement credited to the National Security Adviser himself, Maj. Gen. Babagana Monguno (Rtd), where he was quoted as saying: “people are getting tired and are beginning to gravitate into other means of self-help. Truth is that Nigerians are not just getting tired; we are suffocated, frustrated, threatened, apprehensive, and completely uncertain about our safety and that of our loved ones. 

“We cannot continue this way, and both the National Security Adviser (NSA) and the Minister of Defence Know that. We have had to tolerate a National Security Adviser who has no record of achievement in his seven (7) years in office. And right under his supervision, intelligence has been ignored (as has now been exposed by the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives). There is no proactivity and no evidence of any practical input from him in addressing National Security before its total collapse status.

He stated further, “On the part of the Minister of Defence, he has no innovation, inspiration, and the right professional touch to lead such important Ministry at a critical time like this. In fact, he appears too frail, tired, and out of touch with contemporary security realities and defense strategies. Thus he has no business being there. Mr. President should show mercy to the citizens and deploy a better hand and brain. Recall the damning revelation of the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ahmed Idris Wase, (which was previously referred to) that forty-four (44) Security Reports were forwarded from the Department of State Security (DSS) and other Intelligence Agencies, alerting Mr. President of an impending attack on the Kuje Custodial Centre. That statement remains unchallenged till date. And the question is: “who coordinates the intelligences from the Security Agencies? And who processes them and sees to their implementation?”

Source: This Day

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