Niger Delta activist and Bayelsa State politician Denzil Ketembe yesterday urged President Goodluck Jonathan and Nigerians to harken to the advice of. The National Security Adviser Gen Patrick Azazi, instead of calling for his resignation.
He told our correspondent in Lagos that the security adviser may have offered honest and professional advice critical to the restoration of security in Niogeria.
Ketembe reminded Nigerians that the President had ponce cried out that Boko Haram elements had invaded his administration, pointing out that there may be an iota of truth in Azazi’s remark.
He said:”Much has be said about the comment of General Azazi where he claimed that ‘part of’ the issues which gave rise to the escalating violence by The Boko Haram is the way and manner the PDP conducts it’s internal mechanism of choosing it’s flag bearer(s). We cannot deny the fact that the sophistication, boldness and level of violent attacks has increased greatly since President Jonathan was sworn into office. We cannot also deny the political scheming that preceded his selection as PDP flag bearer nor the utterances of some politicians shortly after his victory claiming to make our country ungovernable.
What then has the General said that has made the demand for his resignation common talk? The President himself said early in the year that there are members of Boko Haram in his government. Are members of his government not also PDP members?
General Azazi’s is a professional and his job is to advice Mr President on security issues that concern every Nigerian and not to be a partisan PDP member or make pronouncements to satisfy party members. In my opinion, a lot has been achieved by this administration in curbing insecurity as things could have been far worse. Credit for that should go to the NSA and his team. Those calling for his sack have a selfish, ethnic and political agenda and must be ignored by Mr President.
We have corruption embedded in our system from years of misrule by previous governments yet no one is calling for an investigation or prosecution of those past leaders. Our country has had serious security challenges in the past and no one fired the serving NSA at those times.
The Boko Haram situation is a great security risk to our country and has led to a lot of innocent lives being lost. This is the time every patriotic citizen must play his or her role in complementing the efforts of the Current Administration to stop this madness being fuelled by politics of 2015. This is what General Azazi has done and only those who are unpatriotic should be calling for his sack at this time. What we all must be calling for in unison is a ‘sack’ of Boko Haram.
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