Former governor of Sokoto State, Attahiru Bafarawa has said that insecurity across Nigeria would stop when the All Progressives Congress(APC) leaves office in 2023.
In an interview, the statesman who said he would not leave politics until he dies spoke on various issues including his support for the governor of his state, Aminu Tambuwal to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.
His words, “It is very simple; there is no way you can get rid of insecurity in Nigeria without getting rid of the APC government. When they came, their vision was just to get the PDP out of government. That was their only agenda and manifesto. After they succeeded in getting the PDP out of power, it took them six good months before they were able to constitute a cabinet.
“So, when you are talking of people who did not have any vision, you should not expect Nigeria to enjoy security of their lives and property. It is a leader who has a vision that will sit down and plan how to secure the country and to say what is the way forward of checking the situation. Security is for all. It is not only for the military or police; everybody should be involved.
“The government cannot do it alone and the way and manner the present administration is managing it, they cannot do it unless they involve everybody and find out the solution. People are ready to give advice on security. For instance, we are the people buying the weapons for them. When I say we, I am talking about the ordinary common man. They arrest you and they say they are looking for N10 million, they would only spend N500 thousand and they use N9.5 million to go and buy the weapons to arrest you.
“You will buy the weapon for them and they would use that to harass you. It is the money they are getting from harassing the ordinary man that they are using to buy the weapons. So, if they know where to buy the weapons, what is the government doing to ensure they do not get those weapons. What is the government doing to ensure they stop where the weapons are going? Some of the bandits are in and some are out.
“The Fulani people don’t know how those bandits are getting the weapons. They are being assisted by communities. First of all, let us agree that we have a problem and the politicians, media and everybody can contribute to solve the problem. It is not a question of government alone. And this government does not have that idea; they just do what they want to do. So, unless, we get a government that would say okay, this problem is our problem, the situation would remain the same. But if you do the right thing, within a short period, the problem would be gone.”
