Senator Dino Melaye |
The Senator representing Kogi
West, Dino Melaye has condemned the recent killings across the country.
Senator Melaye said President
Muhamnadu Buhari should urgently “relieve” security chiefs of their position
since they had failed to live up to their responsibility.
The lawmaker made the call in
a statement entitled ‘Regime Protection not Primary Function of Security
Agencies – PMB, Nigerians are Dying’.
Melaye said in spite of the
billions of naira being invested in security annually, Nigerians were still
being killed on daily basis without the culprits being arrested.
The statement reads, “How does one explain this ceaseless and
wanton destruction of human lives without the culprits being apprehended and
punished.
“With all the apparatuses available for
surveillance and crime detection in today’s civilisation?
“How
long is this mindless butchering of our compatriots to be tolerated with the
only reprieve we get being excuses and palliative?
“How
can we expect the global community to take us seriously when we complain about
our citizens not being treated fairly outside the shores of Nigeria, when we
ourselves give proof daily that we value our citizens’ lives less than that of
animals.
“Human
life is amongst the greatest of God’s gift and the essence of civilization is
to ensure its security and preservation to enable it attain to its full
potentials.
“Consequently,
any taking of human life, without the due process of law, is repugnant and
abhorrent to society and should not be tolerated.
“As
a matter of fact, the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria makes it
abundantly clear that the sole reason for the existence of government is the
security and welfare of citizens.
“It,
however, seems our Security Chiefs, in spite of several calls and admonitions
to them to prevent further loss of Nigerian lives, are indifferent to our
citizens well-being, but are rather engrossed with and seem to derive
satisfaction from the bullying and harassment of any dissenting voice to citizens
unfriendly policies of the Executive.
“It
has become imperative to draw the attention of our security chiefs to the fact
that the continued unabated butchering of Nigerians without the apprehension
and trial of the culprits, despite the availability of modern devices for
information gathering, reconnaissance and detection, leaves one with just one
of two inferences: that our security chiefs are incompetent or that they are
complicit in this gruesome killings of innocent Nigerians, whom paradoxically,
are under a duty to protect.
“Whichever
of these positions might be the case, it is high time every person of reason
demanded that these ‘insecurity chiefs’ either become alive to their duties or
be relieved from their posts forthwith.
“Definitely,
such sensitive offices should not continue to be occupied as a favour or as a
largesse, it must be merited!
“Their
continued occupation of such exalted office without fulfilling the attending
obligation of securing the lives and properties of each and every Nigerian is
like smoke in the eye, an aberration.”
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