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Insecurity: Cardinal
Onaiyekan lambasts Buhari’s Govt
The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John
Cardinal Onaiyekan, has said that the government may continue to be indifferent
to the security situation in the country until President Muhammadu Buhari or
any member of his immediate family was kidnapped.
The cleric, who took a swipe at the Buhari
Government’s perceived powerlessness in the face of Nigeria’s mounting security
challenges, said the security of the people can no longer be guaranteed by the
government.
According to Vanguard, Onaiyekan accused some
people within the corridors of power of “doing business” with the nation’s
state of insecurity.
He said, “Is it until the President himself
or a member of his immediate family is kidnapped before the government will do
something about kidnapping?
“How come kidnapping is going on consistently
on specific roads and the security agents can’t do anything?
“Does it mean there are collaborators among
them and the people at the top levels of government?
“The government and police have told us
several times that they have put up high level security checks and that they
have cleared the roads but the criminals are still operating on the roads.
“It is sad that the kidnappers operate
regularly on the highway and demand ransom and go to the extent of collecting
the ransom without being arrested. It seems some people are doing business with
the nation’s insecurity.”
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