Zamfara Killings Unacceptable, Threat To Our Democracy – Saraki

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Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has described the killings
in Zamfara State as barbaric, unacceptable and called on the security
agencies to swiftly devise a strategy to put an end to the ugly
situation.

He also said that the killings was a major threat to
our democracy, particularly as we move towards election period in the
next 50 days.

Saraki, in a statement signed by his Special
Adviser (Media and Publicity), Yusuph Olaniyonu, stated that the
situation in Zamfara State is a demonstration that unlike in 2015 when
the only crisis point in the northern part of the country was the
North-east zone, the North-west has today been engulfed by a bloody
situation in which human lives are wasted on a daily basis.

He
said the killings have gone on for too long and the situation has not
been given the desired attention as well as the right strategy that will
stop it, adding that there was a clear indication of systemic failure.

“There
is need for certain and proper profiling of the situation so that we
can know whether it is simple cattle rustling, vicious armed robbery on a
large scale, religious cum ethnic crisis or invasion by foreign forces.

“Our
security agencies must immediately come out with a proper understanding
of the situation, the right strategy and deployment of the necessary
troops to tackle the menace. We must within the next few days send the
right signals to the criminals in that area that the Nigerian State will
no longer tolerate the on-going blood-letting.

“We must
immediately change our strategy. Also, the President has to take full,
direct control. May be the President must widen the consultation within
the armed forces on the search for solution to this problem. He must go
beyond the first line military top brass. We need to get ideas from more
sources than we presently do.

“In 2014, I remember that
President Jonathan was told that ‘you control the armed forces and you
are the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces of the Federal Republic,
why should any part of the country be under occupation by criminals’.
Why should we not apply the same logic to the occurrence in Zamfara
today?

“It is expected that by now, the President would have
arranged a meeting with leaders of the National Assembly, legislators,
traditional rulers and other key stakeholders from the affected state,
to exchange ideas and proffer lasting solutions to the issue. The key
advantage of a democracy is that it provides for wide consultation and
inclusion. No one person or group has all the monopoly of knowledge. We
really need to do all that is possible to stop the carnage,

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