Northern youths under the umbrella of the Arewa Youth Assembly protested on Wednesday, August 17, in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) of Nigeria, calling for the resignation of National Security Adviser (NSA), Babagana Monguno.
The Publicity Secretary, Aliyu Muhammed disclosed that under Monguno’s leadership, terrorists and other criminals had become more courageous, according to Punch News.
Muhammad further claimed that the nation’s security condition demonstrated the NSA’s ineffective performance of his duties and demanded his removal or resignation.
“The criminal elements became emboldened under his watch as the NSA; they equally ambushed and killed some officers of the Brigade of Guards to the President and also issued notice to kidnap Buhari and Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State. This is unfortunate and unimaginable in the history of nationhood.
“The NSA is either not advising the President, or his ideas are infective; hence, the seeming triumph of ragtag elements over our Armed Forces. We, therefore, call for his immediate resignation or be sacked by Buhari,” Muhammed said.
“Indiscriminate killings across the country had worsened food scarcity and the country’s poverty rate.
“We want the security of this nation to unconditionally be improved from its present state to a satisfactory one, and all Nigerians in captivity should be fought for and set free, unconditionally,” he said.
The group threatened to reassemble in all 19 Northern states if their demands were not met in two days, but ultimately decided to call off the protest.
Residents in the FCT are living in fear over the spread of insecurity in the country’s capital.
Security worries have grown as a result of a string of terrorist and bandit attacks within the FCT, and locals have voiced their displeasure with the Federal Government’s reaction to the security issues.
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