A Chieftain of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Senator representing Nasarawa South Senatorial District, Suleiman Asonya Adokwe, said despite being in office for over two years, leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have refused to transform themselves into statesmen.
Adokwe who disclosed this in a chat with journalists in Jos, said, “This is a reflection of the chaos in the country, which possesses a lot of danger. The country is very divisive and in the last two years, it has been polarised with people who won election and has refused to transform themselves into statesmen.
“The All Progressives Congress (APC), led government are accusing themselves of nepotism, President Muhammadu Buhari was accused of nepotism and now, they are accusing the Vice President of the same nepotism.
“Kidnapping is in the increase, we thought we had downgraded Boko Haram, but every now and then they still create havoc with audacity, they were reported to have attacked Maiduguri recently,” he lamented.
“You cannot walk from here to there without the fear of running into one form of endangering situation or the other; herdsmen rampaging everywhere without hindrance and the government is not calling them to order.
“So we are almost in the state of anomy where anybody can just wake up and make some outrageous calls and statement.
“It portents danger for us and clearly reveals that the state need to exert some measure of power and authority over it citizens, because the duty of every government first and foremost is the provision of welfare and the protection of lives and property”.
Adokwe who is the Senate Committee Chairman on Information, Culture and National Orientation, stressed that, “If we are no longer safe in a country then government would have failed in its duties.
The lawmaker, however, described the recent quit notice given to the Igbos by some Arewa youths as not only unconstitutional but treasonable and urged the relevant security agencies to treat it as such.
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