Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, on Tuesday, slammed the Nigeria Police Force, the Nigerian Army, the Department of State Services, the National Intelligence Agency and other security agencies for their collective failure to fish out some Aso Rock burglars one year after the embarrassing incident.
Robbers, last May, had invaded the residence of the Chief of Staff to the President, Ibrahim Gambari, inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja and the incident was confirmed by presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, though he said it was “a foolish attempt”.
HURIWA, in a statement by its National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, said the incompetence of the security agents and their failure to arrest the Aso Rock burglars has buoyed burglars and bandits so much so that they sacked Abuja villagers and cause dwellers to flee their homes despite living in the seat of power, kilometres away from President Muhammadu Buhari.
The group also cited the kidnappings, killings and disturbing attacks that had occurred in Abuja in the last one year including the attack and abduction of two Abuja-based journalists of PUNCH Newspapers, Solomon Odeniyi and Amarachi Orjiude, within 24-hours last March; the attack on the Abuja Bureau Chief of the Nigerian Tribune, Leon Usigbe, also in March 2022, the abduction of a PUNCH journalist, Okechukwu Nnodim, in February 2021; amongst numerous others that went unreported in the media.
HURIWA’s Onwubiko said, “It is shameful and a pointer to the inefficiency of all the security agents that one year after daring burglars invaded the residence of a whole Chief of Staff to the President, Ibrahim Gambari, a street to that of the President in Aso Villa, the police, the DSS, the Army and others are yet to fish out the perpetrators. Or have they gotten the so-called burglars but failed to revert to Nigerians about the development?
“The whole security architecture is also yet to be ascertained how armed robbers gained access into the ‘well-fortified’ Presidential Villa manned by a combined team of policemen, DSS operatives, and men of the Presidential Guards Brigade of the Nigeria Army. Sadly, till date, this invasion has yet to be resolved.
“Contrastively, more than 725 people have been arrested for storming the United State Capitol building on January 6, 2021. Over 71 rioters have also received criminal sentences, while the rest are waiting for their trials or haven’t yet reached plea agreements for charges ranging from obstruction of an official proceeding to assault.
“The continuous state of insecurity in Nigeria and the shameless incapacity of the security agencies to secure even the FCT is now obvious. If the security agents cannot even secure Aso Villa and the FCT which is about the smallest state if we take it to be a state and the seat of national power, then the hope of the common man is quashed.
“It’s pathetic that FCT residents now flee to the central business district of Abuja over attacks and invasion by marauding bandits in communities outside of the Central Areas of the metropolis.
“The Buhari regime must wake up and proffer radical solutions to the insecurity situation in the country.
“Nigerians must also demand accountability from the security agencies because defence sector got the largest chunk of budget this year. why is nobody being punished for failing to safeguard lives of Nigerians despite that the cardinal role of the government is the security of lives and property? Enough is enough.”
Another waste of scarce resources! Tinubu has become idol that eats at every call. Most importantly Buhari wants to break the news to Tinubu not to contest!
Abbeytoy: The more you think negative, the more you attract negativity.
For me, I will either be governor or minister for supporting Tinubu.
But I don't want as president
That is your choice, I will rather vote for someone that will give me freedom to express myself, not someone that greed will want him to take Falomo shopping complex, Old Federal Secretariat, Nursing school, Ikoyi!
ogododo: FOR the people of Chibok, it has been an unending nightmare. As they continue to relive the agony of the terrorist outrage that shot their rustic town and villages into global limelight eight years ago, their tormentors strike frequently. Terrorists identified with ISWAP, a breakaway faction of Boko Haram, attacked a village in the Chibok Local Government Area on April 19 during which they kidnapped three teenage girls. It is tragic that after the notorious mass abduction of 276 schoolgirls in 2014, the Nigerian government has failed to stop frequent attacks on the defenceless people by Islamist marauders.
Calamitously, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has not been able to fulfil the solemn promise he made seven years ago to rescue all the girls. He and the military have also failed to protect the area against incessant attacks and kidnapping by the terrorists. The agony of the people can only imagined.
Recall that of the 276 initial abductees, 110 are still unaccounted for. Many who returned had had children for the fiends who kidnapped them and forcibly “married” them, disrupted their education and upturned their lives. Amnesty International stated that the 110 returnee girls were reunited with their parents between 2016 and 2018 after a ransom of €3 million was paid by the Federal Government.
What saddens the people most is the inability of the government, and the security forces to protect Chibok from the continued torture.
Last week’s attack follows a pattern. In January, the Kibaku Area Development Association, an umbrella group of the people of Chibok LGA, disclosed that in the last 10 years, the area had endured 72 terrorist attacks. It said 407 residents were killed in the attacks, and that apart from the Chibok school girls, 332 others had been kidnapped. In addition, 20 churches had been burnt down, houses and business premises torches, vehicles stolen and farmland, harvests and barns destroyed. In one attack mid-January, 25 girls were captured out of which eight escaped, leaving 17 to be ferried away. A few days earlier, ISWAP gunmen had raided several communities in the area, killing four people and kidnapping 24 others.
The Chairman, Chibok LG, Umar Ibrahim, briefing the visiting governor of Borno, Babagana Zulum, said 73 houses, 33 shops and four churches were razed during several raids alongside 11 vehicles.
As KADA lamented, “Chibok has been for all intents and purposes abandoned to its own devices by all layers of government in Nigeria.” Its national president, Dauda Iliya, said the spate of attacks had increased since 2018 with frequent kidnappings of mostly girls. This is sad.
There should special arrangements made to secure Chibok, rescue all those in captivity, rehabilitate its people and rebuild it as an enviable haven of peace and progress. Neglecting it as the government has done hands the terrorists an undeserved victory. After the 2014 outrage when the Goodluck Jonathan administration not only failed to act on intelligence alert prior to the attack, but also shockingly failed to pursue the abductors for weeks after, Chibok was expected to be well fortified thereafter.
The succeeding Buhari regime, after initial military successes against the insurgents, appears to have abandoned Chibok community to its fate. No fewer than 20 parents of the kidnapped girls have died from health complications, disclosed Allen Manasseh of the Bring Back Our Girls advocacy group
Unfortunately, the continuing trauma of the Chibok parents is slipping from public consciousness. Obviously, it is no longer a priority for the Federal Government. This should change. Buhari should fulfil his promise and pursue the safe return of all the remaining Chibok girls and other abductees in the country by whatever means. In October 2020, the United States sent in commandos to rescue a single American, Philip Walton, held captive in the Nigeria-Niger Republic border. United Kingdom’s Special Boat Service commandos attempted to free one Briton and an Italian held hostage by terrorists in Sokoto in March 2012.
Nigeria’s intelligence and military forces should invest in and develop the capability for such special missions. If other countries can mobilise immense resources, traverse faraway places to rescue their nationals, it is inexcusable that Nigeria cannot rescue its citizens held on its own territory.
Since the Chibok 2014 attack, more than 1,500 school children – mostly schoolgirls – have been abducted and murdered in northern Nigeria said AI. UNICEF says that no fewer than 11,536 schools have been closed due to abductions of school children by terrorists in the North, disrupting the education of approximately 1.3 million Nigerian children in the 2020/2021 academic year.
Nigerian authorities should learn from how Rwanda – a country whose past genocide received as much global attention as Chibok – rebuilt its systems by prosecuting offenders, improving citizens’ access to education, providing equal opportunities for women and driving economic growth through investments in tourism, production and infrastructure.
The Federal Government should fortify Chibok; deploy more military personnel there to halt the continuous attacks on the community. The Borno State Government should pour resources into rebuilding Chibok town and area to an enviable height with infrastructure, schools, health facilities and promotion of businesses and investments. Zulum should set up a very effective, well-trained, armed, equipped local and state-wide vigilance corps, emphasising human and ICT-leveraged technology, including drones. Iraq’s federal, provincial and city governments are partnering with international agencies to rebuild Mosul after its devastation by the Islamic State that targets, among others, enabling 1.6 million people to regain access to essential public services.
There should be effective governance and provision of social services to deny terrorists a vacuum to fill. Zulum should act on the suggestion for N12 billion investments annually in the state’s terror-ravaged areas by partnering with the Federal Government, international agencies, donors and CSOs.
Pressure groups such as the BBOG should revive their advocacy and continue to hold the government’s feet to the fire until it rescues the remaining girls and secures Chibok.
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thebosstrevor1: The last generation of Nigerians ( your parents) are the ones enjoying Nigeria, that is because immediately after Nigerian independence, they were employed into the newly formed government parastatals and the civil services,till today many of them are still in the civil services and government parastatals enjoying government perks and salaries, those who didn't get government jobs, went to work with private companies that the colonial government left behind e.g first bank, Unilever etc.
You see the last generations who are mostly working in all these organizations are enjoying lot of perks like stable salaries, car loans, housing allowances, mortgages, promotions, newspaper allowances and health insurance and other pecks, that has helped them live a comfortable life, they can send their children and relatives to school, buy lands and live a good life.
Unfortunately, their children will not be able to enjoy those pecks, with more population comes few opportunities, with the population boom comes more troubles, at the moment, it is difficult for an educated young Nigerian to get into the civil services or private organizations to earn a good living, now this generation will have to suffer because of the lack of progressive ideas to help create jobs, that means, many young Nigerians will be without jobs and money to uplift their lives and also to create a family, some of these young Nigerians won't be able to afford land or a house because they don't have a enough money, many won't have assets because the bank won't give them, if they have children, they won't be able to go to good schools, literally, the youth have no financial future, you will see more young people staying with their parents, more financial crime like yahoo yahoo will be in the increase and ritual killings plus prostitution, increase in drug use, depression and sucide. To be realistic, the future is sad and depressing for many young Nigerians
buckeyemedia: Whether APC or pdp that is your business, do not expect electricity, November 7th 2013 Jonathan mortgaged your electricity infrastructure to quacks for 25 years.
The Federal Government Claim they don’t have the $12 billion dollars to renege from the Agreement.
If Mumu Jonathan had gone to companies like ESKOM, Siemens GMBH in 2013, like President Buhari did in 2020, you would be singing a different tune today.
Jonathan messed you up, a bad tree can never yield good fruits, enjoy your privatization.
What was the track record of people like the Osibudus & Ayenis, late Captain Hosa in electricity before distribution companies were sold to them?
I think you have lost every sense of reasoning, Buhari and co promised you 25000 MW, not up to 800mw added, yet FG controls transmission!
buckeyemedia: Of course he Fashola will perform a miracle, just what you Nigerians always expect, & fix property that belongs to other people?
7th November 2013, we were made to believe the future will be alright & bright, well today is the future no electricity, PHCN privatization the biggest pdp scam.
Jonathan & pdp sold your electricity infrastructure to quacks, do not expect any electricity in future.
Don’t blame me, just name just one reputable company that purchased any of your electricity infrastructure from pdp?
Your eyes are always buckled with lies. Ask yourself, all the major actors that made the decisions, where are they now, APC! I just look at the reasonings of many of you. The agreement Buhari had with Siemens and you are all celebrating, what has come out of it!
A total of 2,495.3 megawatts of electricity was not utilised nor distributed by power distribution companies in one week, despite the demand for electricity nationwide, industry data obtained from the Federal Government’s power company on Sunday showed.
In the Transmission Company of Nigeria’s latest report on national grid performance: TCN-Discos Interface from April 2 to April 8, 2022, the government-owned firm revealed that some Discos failed to utilise over 2,400MW of electricity during the period despite the fact that they were nominated for the electricity load.
Although the report indicated that some Discos took and distributed excess load than they nominated for during the review week, it was observed that others failed to distribute a huge quantum of electricity daily, amidst the low supply across the country.
The report showed the maximum load nomination by each Disco, their approved Multi-Year Tariff Order allocation, their actual consumption, the quantum of unutilised load by some of them, as well as the excess load taken by others.
Nigeria’s 11 Discos include Abuja, Benin, Eko, Enugu, Ibadan, Ikeja, Jos, Kaduna, Kano, Port Harcourt and Yola, and there have been a series of complaints about the poor delivery of electricity by these firms.
It was observed that on April 2, for instance, a total of 373.97MW of power was unutilised by five power distribution companies, as Eko did not utilise 118.29MW; Ibadan, 169.77MW; Ikeja, 63.19MW; Kano, 13.18MW; and Port Harcourt, 9.54MW.
On April 3, six power distributors failed to utilise 189.84MW. They include Eko, 26.99MW; Enugu, 1.65MW; Ibadan, 44.85MW; Ikeja, 51.66MW; Kano, 48.35MW and Port Harcourt, 16.34MW.
The number of Discos with unutilised electricity load increased to eight on April 4, as a total of 309.2MW was not distributed to customers across the country by the power firms.
Eko Disco did not utilise 27.10MW; Enugu, 78.18MW; Ibadan, 60.39MW; Ikeja, 46.03MW; Jos, 23.74MW; Kaduna, 5.35MW; Kano, 50.28MW; and Port Harcourt, 18.13MW.
The TCN report obtained by our correspondent in Abuja further showed that on April 5, seven Discos failed to utilise 238.44MW of electricity and they include Eko, 44.49MW; Enugu, 20.05MW; Ibadan, 35.11MW; Ikeja, 67.39MW; Jos, 4.12MW; Kaduna, 9.86MW; and Kano, 57.22MW.
The highest quantum of unutilised power during the review week was recorded on April 6, as seven power distributors failed to utilise nor distributed 596.07MW of electricity to consumers.
Benin Disco did not utilise 40.42MW; Eko, 200.59MW; Enugu, 66.58MW; Ibadan, 46.54MW; Ikeja, 199.05MW; Jos, 19.50MW; and Kano, 23.39MW.
It was also observed that on April 7, seven Discos could not utilise 424.63MW. The Discos include Benin, 4.58MW; Eko, 127.86MW; Enugu, 69.65MW; Ibadan, 39.95MW; Ikeja, 114.12MW; Jos, 30.04MW; and Kano, 42.43MW.
The report further showed that on April 8, six Discos failed to utilise 363.15MW of electricity, as the unutilised load of Benin Disco was 42.91MW; Eko, 86.97MW; Enugu, 30.94MW; Ibadan, 112.12MW; Ikeja, 89.28MW; and Kano, 0.93MW.
Power supply in Nigeria had been poor over the years but grew worse in the past weeks following the collapse of the national electricity grid, which occurred about four times within the space of one month.
Despite the series of grid collapse, the latest report on the grid performance from TCN revealed that the power situation might have been further worsened by the over 2,400MW of electricity that was not utilised by Discos within one week.
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