The Conference of Civil Society for Peace, Security and National Development on Monday said a lot of successes have been recorded by the military in curbing banditry and terrorism in the northwest and northeast.
The CSOs were reacting to statement credited to Katsina state governor, Aminu Masari, where he said service chiefs should be blamed for the perpetuation of banditry in Katsina State
In a statement jointly signed by its conveners, Comr. Mike Msuaan and Mallam Adamu Kabir Matazu and made available to journalists in Abuja, the groups said a lot of successes have been recorded in the fight against banditry to the admiration of governor Masari’s colleagues and wondered how he could remain uninformed about the situation.
“Recently, governors of Zamfara, Kaduna and others spoke clearly how progress has been made in curbing banditry” the statement read.
The CSOs maintained that the comments attributed to Governor Masari was unfortunate and points to the fact that he has not shown serious commitment to the security challenges facing his state.
The statement reads further, “It is embarrassing that such comments were credited to Governor Aminu Masari. We know for a fact that the primary duty of a government is to protect lives and property of citizens. However, when the person saddled with this primary responsibility begins to shift blame where he has clearly failed to do his duty we can imagine why the challenge of insecurity has lingers on for a long time.”