Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Friday said Nigerians are at liberty to seek help from outside the country when they feel they are not being secured by their nation.
He also said that in these days of technology, nobody should
commit a crime and escape justice, adding, “You can take them out.”
Obasanjo stated this while speaking at the Plateau Unity
Christmas and Praise Festival, ongoing at the Ten Commandments Prayer Altar,
Dwei-Du, Jos South LGA of Plateau State.
He said, “I believe that is nonsensical. We are being
killed. We Nigerians, no matter what religion you belong to, no matter where
you come from, no matter your profession, we Nigerians are being killed, and
our government seems to be incapable of protecting us.
“We are part of the world community. If our government
cannot do it, we have the right to call on the international community to do
for us what our government cannot do for us. If we are being killed, it is the
responsibility of government to do something about it.
“We should ask government to do what it has to do at all
levels. We should ask our leaders to do what they have to do at all levels, in
all walks of life,” he maintained.
According to him, “In these days of technology, there should
be nobody hiding anywhere after he has committed a crime that cannot be seen
with the present day satellite.
Recalling his time as President, Obasanjo said, “Before I
left government, I knew we had the capacity to pick up anybody in Nigeria. The
capacity we didn’t have then was that, after we had identified and located such
a criminal, we didn’t have the capacity to pick him up without moving on land
or by air. Now we have capacity with drones. You can take them out. Why are we
not doing that?
“Why are we negotiating? And after government has paid these
criminals, government denies!
“We should appeal to our government to do what needs to be
done to stop Nigerians being killed.
“We are tired of being killed, and we want the killing of
Nigerians, whether they are Christians or Muslims or pagans, they are
Nigerians, and the life of every Nigerian matters. It should stop,” he
stressed.
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