President Muhammadu Buhari. Photos: State House
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has advised Nigerians to stop blaming President Muhammadu Buhari for killings around the country.
MURIC said it was unfair to blame Buhari for Nigeria’s inability to stop killings because security was a collective responsibility, particularly the different arms of government.
The group gave the advice in a statement on Monday by MURIC’s Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola and made available to Famzn News on Monday.
Akintola blamed politicians, tribal bigots and a section of the media on the spread of wrong information about killings around the country.
He said; “Nigerian lawmakers should take the lion share of the blame, followed by the citizens and the media.
“They should all accept their culpability in this peculiar mess instead of blaming the executive since the latter has done what is humanly possible within the law.”
“The executive, judiciary, legislature and the press as the fourth estate of the realm also has a vital role to play as well as the citizens.
“The legislature, instead of cooperating with the executive, is an open enemy even in a sensitive matter like the security of lives and property.
“As killings occur on a daily basis, Buhari made a move in April to procure more weapons to fight insecurity but the senate turned down the request.
“Yet Nigerians failed in their duty to question the right of their lawmakers to endanger their lives,” Akintola added.