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Ex-army Chief Lashes At Federal Government Over Insecurity by theJournalng(m): 2:36am On Feb 21, 2018
A former Chief of Defence Staff, Alani
Akinrinade, has criticised the federal
government’s way of handling the herdsmen
crisis as well as other security issues affecting
the nation.
Akinriande spoke on Monday during the first
anniversary lecture of the administration of
Ondo state Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu.
The ex-army boss also lashed out at the
Independent and National electoral Commission
(INEC) for allegedly registering underage voters.
Premium times reports that Akinrinade, who
spoke on different issues bordering the nation
also called for the creation of state police as a
way out of the perennial security challenges in
the country.
He said: “It was recently when our president
was called out as the patron of his kinsmen,
the herdsmen, that letters of complaints and
its denials between the federal executive, the
police and governors in distress started
circulating that he gave feeble, unclear,
halfhearted order to stop the carnage.”
“Let us allow history to deliver its verdict after
much more have died, but I am certainly tired
and ashamed of being classified as a
barbarian.”
“The last two or so years in our country,
appears to be like a tragic thriller movie in slow
motion, full of abject cruelty of the highest
order of barbarity, edged on by those we
elected or selected to give us leadership in this
country.”
While addressing the issues of underage voters
in the north, Akinriade called on security
agencies to deal with the issue.
He said: “What then happened to our
humongous financial outlay of seven infantry
Army Divisions, a mighty Air Force and a Navy
that supposedly rule our portion of the seas,
hundreds of thousands of policemen and
numerous other gun totting formations, when
mere threat of violence is all that is required to
hold sway over law and order?
“Or are these python dancing? Where are the
men who refuse to do the wrong things? Could
INEC not have withdrawn their services and
closed down all facilities? Collaborators?

source: journaling.com

https://journalng.com/2018/02/20/ex-army-chief-lashes-federal-government-insecurity/

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