Elder Statesman and former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Olu Falae, has warned of an impending doom and despair that will soon engulf Nigeria if the Federal government fails to nip the wanton killings in Southern Kaduna in the bud immediately.
According to the former Social Democratic Party Presidential candidate, nobody needs to consult the crystal ball to know that the country is heading towards anarchy as armed bandits seem to have taken over the country with incessant killings.
He said: “The killings and destruction of villages particularly in the Kaduna communities is unacceptable most especially when our President (Muhammadu Buhari) is a retired military man.
“I believe one of the reasons people voted Mr President to power is for him to restore order and deal with Boko Haram insurgents including these killings in Southern Kaduna and Niger.
“Sadly, the killings has not stopped and Fulani herdsmen keep ravaging everywhere in the country, destroying farmlands but internally this must stop and if the government doesn’t stop it, they are encouraging self protection in the country.
“For instance, if you keep attacking me and the government doesn’t do anything about it, I would have no obligation than to protect myself and with such self help, it might develop into civil war or anarchy neither of which we want.”
He said the Nigerian people would soon have no choice than to defend themselves within the limits of the law since government had failed to ensure their security.
When asked about his opinion on the repeated calls for the sack of service chiefs in the country, Falae said the President should have sacked them long time ago since their tenure in office had elapsed.
“There must be constitutionality if people are appointed for a specific period, they must go when their time expires,” he said.
“And it’s also totally unacceptable that all the security chiefs come from the same part of the country. This is partiality because when a man holds a public office, he holds for all Nigerians. The President must be for all Nigerians and he must be seen to be so.”
