The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) says President Muhammadu Buhari has disappointed the North by failing to end insecurity as promised during his presidential campaigns.
National Publicity Secretary of ACF, Mr. Emmanuel Yawe, stated this in an interview with Sunday Sun.
He alleged that killings and kidnappings in the North have not been brought under control because there is a well-oiled machinery behind it,
“We all know there is a network that spans the civil society, the military, the legislature and the executive that do not want this season of insecurity to end,” Yawe said.
He added that many that supported President Buhari’s rise to power have felt let down by his handling of security and other challenges confronting the nation.
“We are worried stiff about the security situation in the country more so when the man who is president is not only a war-tested general, but a former military Head of State.
government headed by a man with these intimidating security credentials? Some of us who played some peripheral role in his coming to power in 2015 feel rather let down by the current turn of events.
“The ACF has said this over and over and over again. We have said it loud and clear that the security situation is very bad. We have said it, not silently that Nigerians and particularly Northerners are not safe.
“What needs to be done is the political will to handle the matter. Sadly, the governments, both states and federal, are deficient in this.
“We all know there is a network that spans the civil society, the military, the legislature and the executive that do not want this season of insecurity to end.
“The reasons they are doing these evil machinations are difficult to see. If the political will is there, this dangerous network can be disbanded. Nigeria cannot be as helpless and hopeless as we appear to be at the moment,” Yawe said.
