By Akinwale Kasali

A former Federal Permanent Secretary in the Presidency, High Chief Tola Adeniyi is alarmed by the unprecedented attack by terrorists in the nation, most especially,  the nation’s seat of power, Abuja, where it has forced the National Assembly, Government institutions and schools alike to close down activities to escape a possible attack by rampaging terrorists.

Extolling the move by the Members of the Hallowed to close shop because of fear of possible attack, he said there is need for the Government to strengthen the security apparatus of the nation following the

unprecedented assault on Kuje Maximum prison in Abuja which led to the escape of over 600  criminals in the correctional centre and the brazen attack on the elite Presidential Brigade of Guards.

Adeniyi said it has never been this bad, and lamented that the situation has  worsened under the watch of President Muhammadu Buhari.

In a Statement,  the former Managing Director and Editor- in -Chief of the Old Daily Times Conglomerate, said that events in the last few months which were just an escalation of the preceding gory security challenges point only to one direction: that the imported terrorists unleashed on Nigerians are up to something more calamitous than was ever imagined.

He added that It is now crystal clear to all discerning minds that the hyperbolically hyped purported political party primaries, preparations for invidious population census, and mindless bills on Constitution Review and Water Resources were just a ruse and monumental distraction to cover up the gargantuan plan of Fulanisation of the country and worse, annihilation of indigenous nationalities.

The Syndicated Columnist and Public Policy Strategist said “it is obvious to even the dullest in the country that the taciturn General who gleefully invited all possible terrorists from all over West, North and Central Africa to empty themselves on Nigerian soil without passport or Visa was definitely up to something; perhaps the motivating desperation for seeking Nigerian presidency on four trials.

“The chicken has now come home to roost with everything running out of control and both the puppeteers and their puppets are in mutual confusion and ecstasy. But there is method to their madness and that message is not lost on trained minds.

“This is where the so-called Governors who in reality are mere glorified servants and serfs of the unpretentious Emperor in Abuja come in. They were severally warned when terrorists armed to the teeth were being off-loaded on their states by Dangote trucks.  They saw with their eyes when hundreds of thousands of motorcycle saddled terrorists were being strategically distributed to their cities, towns, villages and hamlets and yet feigned blindness and deafness”.

Adeniyi stressed further that “for over 40 years, since his days in the Nigerian Tribune, the cry for the decentralisation of the extremely parochial and partisan Federal Police Force [in an obvious Unitary  system of government] and the establishment of regional, state, local government and even metropolitan police to address safety and security challenges has continuously been neglected and shelved aside because of a plot to Fulanise Nigeria.

“ We had all these tiers of policing before the Jack-boot dictators and tyrants killed the Federal Government our founding fathers bequeathed to Nigeria.

“Governors in the states of indigenous nationalities were not unaware that various forms of armed police were proliferated in some sections of the country and yet could not, definitely out of timidity, stupidity, lack of political will and gnawing servitude, stand up to the ghost that was blocking the desideratum, even when the entire country said loud and clear that they wanted state police.

“Now, with Abuja under severe credible threat of being overrun, and citizens all over the country exposed to terrorist attacks and abduction everywhere including in their homes, is it not clear that governors are lame ducks that can be slaughtered with relative ease?

“If the gallant members of the Presidential Brigade of Guards could be easily worsted and the President’s advance Convoy attacked, who is there to stop 1000 heavily armed Okada terrorists from abducting any governor from their offices or homes? This is the crux of the matter. Instead of Lagos state government donating helicopters and over 2-billion-naira worth of equipment and ammunitions to Abuja controlled police, and Government in Ogun state giving thousands of guns to Abuja, why didn’t these states establish their own police to protect their Orisas as Sharia states created Hisbah police to protect their faith?

He added that “It is clear that the country known as Nigeria is about to collapse, disintegrate, and the original nations will emerge, stressing that It is therefore imperative that Governors must act now.

“ With the Abuja legislators on the run, probably in hiding in various locations in the Capital Territory since fear of terrorist attack would not allow them to travel to their constituencies, and with the President living in the air, it is only the poor Governors that are left on ground.

“They must cry out to the world. They must speak out. They should not leave it to Governors Matawalle, Akeredolu, Ortom and Obaseki alone. Governor Ortom went to the US and Europe. Each and every one of you should go out and expose the shenanigans that are about to send Nigeria to its grave.

“State Governors should as a matter of utmost urgency get their Assemblies to pass a law for the establishment of state police and go ahead to arm such recruits to the keel.

“Dare the Sharia lawyer and second husband to Buhari’s daughter and his shadowy patrons and godfathers. Governors have immunity, and besides, you cannot be law abiding in a lawless country. No one can accuse anybody of treason or attempt to overthrow a Federal Government that is patently absent and unseen”, the statement reads.

By Akinwale Kasali

The officially unrecognised faction of the Igbo Socio-Political Organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has urged the National Assembly to fast track the impeachment process of President Muhammadu Buhari and his Vice, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo.

This is as a result of the worrisome insecurity situation bedeviling the nation, which has escalated these past days.

Ohanaeze said the All Progressives Congress, APC, President Buhari’s administration, has failed in their primary responsibility of protecting Nigerians. Their inability to protect Nigerians shows failure of leadership in governance.

This other day, the Senators had threatened to serve an impeachment notice on Buhari over his inability to tackle insecurity in the country, forcing the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senate Minority Caucus to stage a walkout. The walk-out  followed  the refusal of Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, to give audience to Senator Phillip Aduda’s stance on insecurity.

The Senate minority caucus, however, gave President  Buhari a six-week ultimatum to tackle insecurity in the country.

Reacting, the body said Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, stands to benefit if Osinbajo is exempted from the impeachment process.

In a statement the Secretary-General of the officially not recognised Ohaneze faction  Okechukwu Isiguzoro, warned the National Assembly that “if the impeachment threats served to President Buhari should be taken seriously, Vice President Yemi Osibanjo must be part of the impeachment process, as both of them have failed Nigerians.

“The exemption of the Vice President, from the impeachment threats, shows that APC Presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu stands to be a major beneficiary.”

Ohanaeze said Osinbajo may create loopholes that would favour Tinubu in the 2023 election if he becomes president.

“Ndigbo reminds the National Assembly that attempts to initiate the impeachment process against President Buhari without Vice President Osibanjo are an incomplete process and will create windows and loopholes for the Vice President to play an ethnic card for the West.

“Irrespective of running against Tinubu in the APC primaries, he will use the power of incumbency in favour of Bola Tinubu’s victory which is a contradiction with the body language of the Mr. President, who is likely reluctant to influence the 2023 elections for anyone but whoever Nigerians want at the polls.

“If Buhari should be impeached, then Osibanjo must go with him, both of them should be blamed for the rising insecurity challenges in the country.”