As the Nigerian Defence Headquarters (DHQ) sets up an inquiry into the attack on the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) in Kaduna State, raging reactions yesterday trailed Tuesday’s audacious attack by bandits.
President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that Tuesday’s heinous attack launched by elements of Boko Haram on NDA facility will only buoy the country’s military action to totally eliminate evil in the country. The President specifically said, rather than dampen the morale of the armed forces as it is intended to, the attack will speed up soldiers determination to make a decisive end to the criminality besetting the nation.
Noting that the attack, which led to loss of lives, came at a time the military had put insurgents, bandits, kidnappers, and other types of criminals on the retreat, the President said the heinous action would accelerate the total uprooting of evil in the polity, which members of the armed forces are solidly resolved to accomplish in the shortest possible time.
A statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, quoted the President as thanking Nigerians who value and appreciate the efforts of the military, while urging those playing hateful politics with the dastardly act to desist, noting that rather than recriminations, it was time for all patriots and people of goodwill to support and encourage those who are in the vanguard of the battle against wickedness in the land.
The DHQ also denied news making the rounds that its personnel were asleep when the terrorists struck. According to Defence spokesman, Major General Olufemi Sawyerr, the allegation is untrue.
MEANWHILE, a stark revelation emerged yesterday by a former top Naval Officer, Commodore Kunle Olawunmi, that some prominent members of the current government are among the sponsors of insecurity ravaging the country, and that the 2023 general election may not hold.
Olawunmi, who appeared on a breakfast programme of Channels Television, disclosed that virtually all the security agencies of the country, including the Department of State Services (DSS), Nigeria Intelligence Agency (NIA) and Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) are aware of what he was saying, stressing that he was surprised at the trove of intelligence gathered by the DSS on sponsors of Boko Haram.
He declared that since it was inevitable that President Muhammadu Buhari would definitely leave office, whoever takes over from him would have to fall back on the data available to DSS to repair the damage being done to the country.
While noting that the foundation to the current insecurity, particularly banditry and insurgency is socio-cultural, the ex-naval officer expressed dismay that on Fridays, the gates of all military barracks are thrown open for all manner of people to gain access in the guise of going to attend Jumat services.
Hinting at a possible connivance of the topmost hierarchy of the nation’s political leadership, Olawunmi said the reluctance by the Commander-in-Chief to designate bandits and insurgents as terrorists leaves the impression that alleged plan to Islamise Nigeria is real, based on his findings.
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