Why Buhari Can’t Win Anti-Terror War – Atiku

By Emmanuel Adigwe

Reacting, Atiku  took to his Facebook account describing the attack as, “a very unwelcome escalation of the spate of insecurity in the nation,”  and he called on the federal government to declare a state of emergency on insecurity in affected states.

Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, has lamented Friday’s attack on the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State and abducted some students.

GWG had earlier reported that President Buhari had travelled to Katsina for a week-long holiday on Friday and had barely settled down in his Daura hometown when the gunmen attacked.

According to  Atiku, the administration of President Buhari has failed to get victory against terror in the country in the last five years due to the fact that it has used the same strategies that aren’t working.

He wrote: “While I urge our nation’s law enforcement agencies to immediately swing to action and rescue the missing students, I am nevertheless conscious of the fact that we cannot continue to be reactionary in our response to the growing insecurity in Nigeria. Something has to give.

“I therefore call on the Federal Government to immediately declare a state of emergency in states bedevilled by banditry and terrorism, for an offensive and decisive war on terror and insecurity.

“For the avoidance of doubt, the emergency I call for should follow the steps prescribed by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended), and case law, by leaving all democratically elected state and local government structures intact.

“The rationale is quite simple: We cannot win the war on terror by continuing with the same strategies we have deployed over the last five years. That they have not worked is very glaring, with the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara incidence being the latest in a long line of proofs.

“If we must get better results, we must implement better strategies. Strategies that may have to include the temporary stoppage of the boarding school system in all the affected states, in favour of a day students’ approach, until the situation is brought under control.

“Strategies that must include 24 hours armed military guard for each school in the affected states.

“No sacrifice is too great to make to return law and order to the affected communities, and that must be the singular focus of the Federal Government until this menace is eradicated.”

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