Bishops back northern elders who say Buhari fails to protect citizens
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
Both Anglican and Catholic bishops in terrorist haven Kaduna have expressed support for the demand by the Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF) that Muhammadu Buhari should resign for his serial failings as President, particularly over insecurity.
Anglican Bishop of Kaduna Diocese Timothy Yahaya and Catholic Bishop of Kaduna Diocese Mathew Ndagoso both reiterated, as the NEF said on 12 April, that Buhari has failed to do his basic job of protecting lives and property.
“I don’t want to discuss issues with the Northern elders because I am not a politician. But the truth about leadership is that there is morality in leadership.
“If you cannot deliver as a leader in a civilised climate, the right thing and best thing to do is to bow out,” Yahaya counselled in his Easter message.
Ndagoso added that it is hard to disagree with the position of the NEF because the only things people get each time scores of Nigerians are killed, maimed, and abducted are empty assurances and reassurances of security by political leaders.
“Given where we are right now in terms of insecurity and the government’s handling of the situation thus far, it is hard for one to disagree with Bulama Bukarti’s assertion that the Buhari government is incompetent, inept and careless and the Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF) that ‘his leadership has proved spectacularly incapable of providing security over Nigerians,’” Ndagoso said in his own Easter message.
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Security experts, activists want service chiefs sacked, not Buhari
Security experts and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) counter that Buhari’s resignation at this stage will make insecurity worse; they say instead, the service chiefs should be sacked, according to reporting by The PUNCH.
Three security experts – Timothy Avele, Jackson Ojo, and Kabir Adamu – expressed the same views, which are similar to the positions of the Northern Advocacy for Peace (NAP) Northern Alliance Movement (NAM).
Timothy Avele
“Calling for the President to resign at this stage when he has a few months to go is a call for anarchy and can only worsen insecurity more than what we’re having now.
“What’s even the guarantee that the next President will do better in battling insecurity, especially if the same reactive methods are maintained by security agencies and the military?”
Jackson Ojo
“If you have a security guard in your house and armed robbers keep attacking your house won’t you sack him?
“Buhari’s refusal to sack the security chiefs despite the continued attack is an indictment on him. In normal climes, he does not need to be told. The reason there is hardship in the country is because of insecurity.”
Kabir Adamu
“The government has failed to stop the activities of non-state actors. We also have to consider that over 90 per cent of those in the security sector are Northerners.
“The NEF should call on them to live up to expectations and more importantly, the President should sack those that have failed.
“Buhari will not resign, but the least he can do is hold those in charge of our security responsible.”
Khalifa Shuaibu (NAP Convener)
“Rather than call for the resignation of the President, the service chiefs should go. It is disheartening that the enemies of the citizens are getting emboldened by the day. The bandits are becoming more daring and brazen.
“The service chiefs have not justified the billions of naira put into the security sector. Let the current security chiefs resign or be sacked for the safety of Nigerians.”
Yahuza Getso (NAM Coordinator)
“Where were these elders before now? His resignation a few months to the end of his tenure will not change anything as insecurity has gone bad in this regime.
“This regime has squandered many funds in the name of insecurity.
“The President has exhibited incompetence with the ravaging insecurity across the country. Buhari and the service chiefs have failed us.”
