President Muhammadu Buhari. Photos: State House
Ex-governor of old Kaduna State Balarabe Musa has said the President Muhammadu Buhari administration is too “weak” to handle the killings in Nigeria.
Balarabe said the situation was no longer a regional issue but national, adding that the killings were “well planned, articulated and executed.”
“The latest killing in Sokoto proves that it’s a nationwide problem. It is not a regional problem, neither is it the product of Boko Haram insurgency or herdsmen or ethnic, religious-based cleansing,” he told Vanguard.
“Every reasonable person should know that we have aspects of insecurity in every part of Nigeria. The killing is done in such a sophisticated manner that you cannot trace it to an aggrieved community or group of people.
“It is well planned, articulated and executed. So what is to be done? The killings continue while the Federal Government insists it is doing its best to arrest the situation.”
As stated by him, “we cannot allow it to continue. But, unfortunately, it will continue because we have a weak government at the center. In other words, the Federal Government and the ruling party are so weak and irrelevant.
“The insecurity has reached a level that it has overwhelmed this administration. The overwhelming nature is proved by President Muhammadu Buhari when he said he did not know what next to do, asking for prayers and requesting that Nigerians be patient with his government. How can we be patient when lives are lost everywhere in the country almost on daily basis?”