To The Army And Other Security Agencies -By Abdallah Mohammed Sanni

With humble approach and salutations, I hereby send this message. One, to express my appreciations gratitude for the great jobs you are doing to keep our nation in peace not without danger to your lives. I also send my deep hearted condolences to those of your colleagues who have paid the supreme prices so that we can live. May God give them eternal life and protect the rest of you. (Amen)

I know that you have full knowledge of the nation you are defending. One of the most complex, controversial, complicated and corrupt Nations in the world. A nation whose diversity is not to it’s advantage in progress but in hate, bias nepotism. A nation that have delved into sectional, regional, tribal and religious interests devoid of patriotism. A nation setting agenda for self destruction through secession, sabotage, blackmail and self induced conflicts to retards it’s progress at any space of time. We have survived all these and went through war till this time due to your tremendous efforts and the help of God.

This is not the time of apportioning any blame but time of accountability, stock taking and reflections on your great work of the past. I am not joining the naysayers who are not keeping good records of your great job in this dispensation but wish to remind you of the gray areas where our nation is degrading to security wise. I also know that most of these flaws too are self inflicting due to greed and hate that have invaded this nation in the recent past. I know that you are also aware of defeated politicians making this country ungovernable due to the removal of feeding bottles removed from their mouths. These are part of your information gathering in order to secure the nation better. You can never be accused if you arrest and detain where the threats become devious to our dear nation

The president in his doggedness and trusts, believe in you and has stood behind you all these days since he appointed you in 2015. The security situation from the time you took over and now can not be said to be the same but some things are not understood by us as citizens who are at the receiving end. Yes, the ugly pictures of 2012 to 2015 are bad enough to recollect but the present situations are not comfortable to live with. You must keep your oaths to deliver on promise because your actions and inactions are betraying the president, endangering our lives and disgracing your standard and good records. Let the truth be said.

As at today and in many regions of our nation especially in the North, there are more condolences than celebrations. This is not what the president is known for or stand for. You are giving him too much embarrassments for the trusts he has given you and the much you have taken from the tax payers contributions. He who much is given, much is expected. The president has provided all you requested for. No room for failures or mutiny as experienced in the past.

Boko haram is our greatest enemy, I think you are not seeing them as brotherly enemies. They have killed innocent civilians, children, women, elderly. They don’t have respect for observance of rules of war. They have been rudderless to the point of being referred to as animals. They have to be exterminated, liquidated killed and faced out of the surface of the earth. No too ways about this. And you know this. They have also killed your colleagues in the most abnormal and inhuman methods. You must be more touched than us. Please kill all of them. That is what you are trained to do and you should know the best method to achieve this. If you need foreign forces in assistance, tell the president.

We have also heard about saboteurs and sponsors of this deadly sect BH and other bandit groups either by politicians or religious organisations. They must be brought to book. The society demand to know these faceless people. We can at least help to write about them , humiliate and expose them to the world. Enough of excuses because those who are paying your bills can not come to defend you. You need to do your work and bring results.

Today, kidnapping has taken a new direction and dimension, it is now the most profitable business among bandits. Friends, families and even security forces. Many groups have become kidnappers without the exception of even those we are paying to secure us. In some cases you now fold your arms and watch and collect shares. This is worrisome and scaring. Bandits are demanding ransom from their captors. In the north, farmers are not save. People are unleashing terror on one another. There is total lost of humanity. Killing is on daily occurrence while mass killings happen too frequently. You can’t be overwhelmed in your choice profession. We deserve better.

My advice to the C n C is this and it straight to the point. We did not elect you to be sending us condolence messages. The bulk stand at your table. We demand for action. Your security appointees are not doing enough to secure us. You have so much hopes and trusts in them and they have also done their best but I think at this juncture you too can see that their best is not good enough. Nigerians are dying in droves and your reputation is being tauted by the naysayers whose daily prayers is for you to fail. Please change your style.
May God save the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

By #EngrSanni