…Task govt, media in handling situation with professionalism
A group, Society for the Youth and the Downthrodden, SOYD, has called on Nigerians to be security conscious at all time, while urging the Federal Government, international communities and media to adopt high sense of professionalism in handling security situation in the country.
In a press statement issued yesterday by the group’s President, Comrade Gabriel Ogwuche he stated that, “as a group, we are worried by the recent terror alerts in the federal capital territory FCT, Abuja and its likely attendant negative consequences on the future of the Nigeria economy.”
Ogwuche said that the area mostly concerned was the evacuation/departure orders purportedly issued by foreign authorities to their citizens in the FCT and other parts of the country noting that this action has passed the message that the nation’s Federal Capital City and Nigeria at large was not habitable for businesses and legitimate activities due to insecurity even although, it does not reflect the reality of the security situation because the reverse is the case.
He said: “the war against terrorism is a global concerns with a very clear standard practices to observed in order to achieved the desired result and we are not ignorant of it. Our independent investigation revealed that Global Standard Rules for National Intelligence, GSRNI, was grossly violated and interest of the nation dismissed with ordinary wave of hands by relevant authorities and foreign governments in this regards.
“Furthermore, between 2011-2014, FCT Abuja witnessed the worst act of terrorism in the history of Nigeria when private and public facilities, including UN`s building, police force headquarters to mention but just a few, were attacked and bombed. During the period under review, diplomatic embassies and other strategic locations were clearly marked for bombing by terrorists while all residents of the FCT Abuja were operating in hiding places. Yet, no one departed the country at the time.
“Why is it now that the security situation in Nigeria and FCT Abuja in particular have considerably improved that you are raising security fear, making the whole world to see intangibility as tangible? We are not happy with this development and urge the Federal Government to do same in order to avoid the repeat of this kind of unwarranted campaign and its attendant national embarrassment.
As a people, we are totally committed to Nigeria’s project and therefore, the forthcoming general election is very important to us and don’t want any thing that will destroy its credibility and manipulate the outcome against the wishes of the electorates. The interest of the nation remains sacrosanct and we shall continue to protect it irrespectively.
“Whilst calling on the people to be security conscious at all time, we urge the federal government of Nigeria, international communities and media to adopt high sense of professionalism in handling security situation in the country.”
