Lawal Adamu Usman a Peoples Democratic Party chieftain in Kaduna State has condemned the killing of 110 Borno farmers and lamented what he called unacceptable level of insecurity across northern Nigeria.
Adamu, fondly called Mr LA, said the recent attacks on civilians by the Boko Haram represents the high point in criminal activities that could lay the foundation of the collapse of the citadel of poor governance, indifference, insensitivity and unprecedented plunder of human lives that is the Buhari administration.
Time has come he said, for northern elites and other groups to step up and close ranks and face the challenges in the region by putting away the quest for personal wealth and personal ambition that have remained tied to the continuation of decay and destruction of the North and its people.
“Northern Christians and Muslims must close the religious divide, awaken the people to the burden of the shared legacy of this administration in the bombs and bullets of Boko Haram, and the deteriorating standards of living as bandits and kidnappers extort the poor of scarce resources and terrorize the population.
It is time the poor, the young and northern women from Borno to Ilorin, Sokoto to Yola, get mobilized to reject the tradition of blind followership to the extent of abandoning their future, and choosing instead to install a leadership that will make them more secure and provide their children with a productive future.
“We must all join in the work for freeing our people and our region from the stranglehold of the insurgency, banditry, arson and kidnapping that is chasing away our troops and communities from large portions of our land.
“When the North voted this government in 2015, it was about the possibility that we could look to a future without Boko Haram; that our young will get good education, acquire skills and get jobs; that corruption will be arrested, contained and eliminated; only to end up with this unacceptable level of poor governance; to end up with a leadership that runs away from threats, and to leaders who remember the people only when they need voters.
“In 2015, Nigerian voters trusted Buhari to lead our nation through and out of its limitations, into a future in which we will live secure lives and pursue livelihoods in a united Nigeria whose human and material resources will be protected by leaders but unfortunately we are worse off than we ever had been,” he said.
