Fight against insurgency not for security agents alone —Akinosun

A senatorial aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, Dr Fola Akinosun, has called on Nigerians to join hands with law enforcement agencies to put an end to the activities of insurgents in the country.

Dr Akinosun made the appeal in an interview programme at the Broadcasting Corporation of Oyo State to mark the Democracy Day celebration.

He said the law enforcement agents cannot fight the battle alone hence the entire citizenry must partake in the war by being more vigilant and responsive to acts capable of undermining the nation’s security.

While noting that there’s more to the activities of insurgency or the Fulani herdsmen in the country, he urged the Federal Government to intensify its efforts in the area of intelligence gathering and surveillance in order to get to the root of the problem and, thereby, eliminate it.

He said: “Insurgency is not  unprecedented  in  Nigeria or the world over.  It is often used to make the government of the day unpopular. The Nigerian government must do more of intelligence gathering and surveillance to get to the root of the problem.

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Fulanis and other tribes in Nigeria have cohabited peacefully before now. Why did the Fulani herdsmen suddenly become monsters? Why do they carry AK 47 rifles? Who gives them the rifles? Are their activities being masterminded by some people? Government must interrogate these posers to effectively tackle the menace. We will surely overcome this problem even though it will take some time.”

In view of the claim in some quarters that government is selective in the fight against corruption, he said no government has done what the current administration is doing with regards to the fight against corruption, adding that if people were arrested indiscriminately as some people would expect, many people would be wrongly apprehended which, he said, contravenes the rule of law.

Speaking on the performance of the National Assembly, he observed that some lawmakers have deviated from what they were elected to do when  they chose to distribute materials to their constituents in the name of empowerment  rather than making laws that would give the constituents better means of livelihood. He, however, averred that the Nationa

On the judiciary, he noted that it has not optimally played the role of being the last resort of the common man.

He, however, observed that  as the  nation’s  democracy continues to improve, the performance of the three tiers of government  will get better for the good of all Nigerians .