The Christian Association of
Nigeria, CAN, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of shying away from the
painful truths and unpleasant facts about the Nigeria’s poor security.
It said doing so, would help him
find lasting solutions to the daily bloodshedding in the country, stressing that
Nigeria is fast heading to chaos and anomie.
Addressing journalists at a press
conference in Abuja on Friday, CAN Secretary-General, Rev. Musa Asake, said the
President has been acting complacent and unmoved by the reign of terror in the
country.
He specifically slammed President
Buhari for not issuing a stern instruction to heads of security agencies to
bring perpetrators of the bloody killings to book.
Asake also accused President
Buhari of granting killer herdsmen undeserved protection and favoritism to the
extent that the herdsmen treat Nigeria as a conquered territory.
His words: “The sad angle to the
bloodbaths in the country is that the Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, is
not giving majority of Nigerians an impression of being deeply touched by the
turn of events. He has been acting complacent and indeed unmoved by the reign
of terror that his administration has permitted since the past three years of being
President.
“Most painfully, the President
seems to depend on his media aides to make responses, which often times had no
bite on widespread bloodletting across the federation, most especially in the
Middle Belt part of the country.
“War seems to be looming in
Nigeria while the aggressors are no other than misguided individuals who had
been armed to provoke different communities into needless battles. Yet,
President Buhari, who was popularly elected in 2015 has not seen the need and
urgency to issue a presidential order on the need to halt the killings and with
stern instruction to heads of security operatives to bring perpetrators to
book.
“The dark age that has come with
the administration of President Buhari in Nigeria is giving Christians in this
country a huge concern. The development is making we the leaders to shudder and
ask where lies the interest of the President?
“All the same, Mr President has
his own interests, key of which is to seek re-election to remain in power
beyond 2019 and continue with the reign of terror in Nigeria. It does not
matter how many Nigerians will end up as sacrificial lamb on that single
ambition.
“President Buhari was elected on
a wave of unprecedented public approval in 2015. Unfortunately, within a few
weeks of his election, he started creating the impression that he was in power
to serve the interests of his Fulani ethnic group only.
“Discerning people were quick to
note that contrary to his electoral promises, he actually meant to pursue core
Islamist agenda. Almost every vital appointment in Security and Education went
to Muslims from the North. He did not hide his disdain for the indigenous
ethnic nationalities and, at every opportunity, showed preferential treatment
to the Muslim North.
“Under President Buhari, the
murderous Fulani herdsmen enjoyed unprecedented protection and favoritism to
the extent that the herdsmen treat Nigeria as a conquered territory. Rather
than arrest and prosecute the Fulani herdsmen, security forces usually manned
by Muslims from the North offer them protection as they unleash terror with
impunity on the Nigerian people.
“The bottom line is that
President Buhari failed woefully to protect Nigerians. He willfully permitted
the Fulani herdsmen to operate, killing people, destroying communities
wholesale, destroying farmlands and turning the entire Middle Belt into
‘killing fields’, all the while enjoying government protection from counter
attack, arrest or prosecution,” he added.
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