President Muhammadu Buhari's Inaugural Speech
Security Issues
No doubts, President's Muhammadu Buhari's Inaugural speech focued more on Boko Haram insurgency and internal security. As he was delivering the speech, 16 deaths were recorded in Boko Haram and security forces confrontation. And in a manner suggesting challenging the resolve of the new Commander-in-chief of armed forces, Maiduguri came under Boko Haram heavy bombardment resulting in the death of a taxi driver and 11 other passers-by.
No doubts, President's Muhammadu Buhari's Inaugural speech focued more on Boko Haram insurgency and internal security. As he was delivering the speech, 16 deaths were recorded in Boko Haram and security forces confrontation. And in a manner suggesting challenging the resolve of the new Commander-in-chief of armed forces, Maiduguri came under Boko Haram heavy bombardment resulting in the death of a taxi driver and 11 other passers-by.
Short of fresh declaration of war on the insurgents, Buhari speech on Boko Haram was laced with anger the situation demand. Likening the terrorists to a typical example of small fires causing large fires, Buhari dismissed the founder of the deadly group as an eccentric and unorthodox preacher with a tiny following, who was given posthumous fame following his extra judicial murder at the hands of the police.
“Through official bungling, negligence, complacency or collusion Boko Haram became a terrifying force taking tens of thousands of lives and capturing several towns and villages covering swathes of Nigerian sovereign territory,” Buhari said
He dismissed the group as a mindless, godless association of people who are as far away from Islam as one can think of.
For immediate action, and what could be the first official step of his administration, Buhari ordered the Nigerian Army command to Maiduguri until the group is totally defeated.
But Boko Haram is not only the security issue bedeviling the country. Few hours after his speech, unidentified gunmen, numbering at least 500, attacked Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State and sacked over 200 houses.
Noting that the spate of kidnappings, armed robberies, herdsmen/farmers clashes, cattle rustlings all help to add to the general air of insecurity in the country, the Buhari-led government is going to erect and maintain an efficient, disciplined people–friendly and well–compensated security forces within an overall security architecture....Continue
Source; Guardian Newspaper
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