Dear President Buhari, it is auspicious that I write this letter to you, not as Obasanjo or Soyinka writes, but as a concerned citizen of Nigeria.

It is going to be a short one, not to bore you with long history and epistles that may never be read by you nor the solutions implemented by your Advisers and foot soldiers.

I recall vividly what my convictions were, when after many arguments, I decided to throw my weight behind you, even very late in your 2014/2015 campaign.

I was more convinced when during one of the campaigns, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu spoke with vigour and strong rhetoric that when other nations of the world had their challenges, they sought and brought their Generals. He reeled out the countries that adopted this crucial approach, and they succeeded in rescuing their countries from the precipice.

That was the undeniable situation Nigeria found itself then. All the macro and micro economic indices were showing the red light. Worse still was the rampaging Insurgency which threatened the North East and was advancing into the Federal Capital Territory.

The national and international outcry against the abduction of young maidens known as “Chibok girls” from their school and the massacre of some male students in yet another school, no doubt became the sore points of our unity and peace as a sovereign nation.

Nigeria, according to Tinubu, needed their own General with war experience to rescue the situation. Yes, war cos we were at war!

The rest of the account of the unexpected exit of your predecessor and his party from power are all written in the accounts of our history.

Your Excellency, the same masses who joined forces with the likes of Tinubu and Chibuike Amaechi to form the first successful Masses Movement in Nigeria, since after the Aba Women’s Riot, are now under siege. They are forced to eat their words and regret their actions. Majority who have no hired security, public or private; conventional or local is now being browbeaten by the rising voices of dissent, who are rightly divided because of the rising insecurity challenges, hyperinflation and mounting social vices, all over the country.

The situation has become hydraheaded as insurgents have gone beyond the North East and spreading like wildfire to the Southern part of Nigeria under the guise of herders and bandits. The unfortunate Chibok saga has increased exponentially under your Command. Sadly, it is going on unabated, in spite of millions of dollars that have been appropriated for security over the years. Incidentally, no one, apart from Sambo Dasuki and Olisa Metuh have been held and for allegedly stealing from the Security Votes.

Those who raped the country’s treasuries and have wickedly exposed the lives of poor Nigerians and the fighting forces to unquantified deaths are still dancing on these graves. Some have cowered into safety in your party, APC, while others are hiding in safe havens overseas.

Let me spare you the other details which as the C-IN-C, you already know and possess the right information. While I commend your Administration’s great strides in the area of Infrastructure, may I remind you, Mr President, that good Roads, Bridges and new Rails have no impact when those whom they are meant for are scampering to safety in a self-imposed LockDown even when the rest of the world is opening up.

Of what use are the bailout funds to Governors who are deliberately sitting on monies meant to fight insecurity, otherwise known as Security Votes?

The revolution in Infrastructure under your Government has been seriously rubbished by the tales of death and destruction arising in different regions of the country.

I still wonder what assignment your image makers would be executing at such a time as this, when the evidence of our failures is glaring and staring us boldly in the face.

Those who have taken up Arms against the Nigerian State on their agitations for secession are gradually gaining grounds even as the Western world looks in their direction.

This is the right time for the General in you to take preeminence over your image of a repented Democrat. We may have been convinced that you were a Dictator, but we are yet to see the dictatorship in your actions against the rampaging killers who have held the nation hostage.

Your Excellency, this is the time to decide, whether to continue to adorn the garb of a Democrat who would not be accused of Human Rights abuses or to remove the toga of a gentleman and fight to rescue the nation.

It is the kairos time to assemble the right pegs and place them in the right holes. This is not a time for ethnic bias or political patronage. The situation requires a drastic approach in order to gain back the confidence of the Nigerian Citizens. It’s definitely not the time to issue empty threats to violators nor to prepare Press Releases to mourn with those who mourn.

Mr. President, your advancement in some sectors in the past six years have been washed away with the unending insecurity in the land.

Let the General in you thunder now, more than ever.

I remain your advocate and a voice of the citizens who may never be heard.

Obiaruko Christie Ndukwe

Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

Email: beamnews@yahoo.com

By Abba Dukawa

Our country faces a plethora of security challenges ranging from violent kidnapping and a revived secessionist attacks. This act of insecurity  could lead us to unknown directions  if current situation witnessed in almost every part of the country is not curtailed.

  These  problems have affected every soul in the country and no one is sure of what tomorrow will bring and now  becomes more difficult for the people  to embark on personal or business trips.

Looking at the gory security situation in Northwest, Northeast, Northcentral, Southeast, Southwest and South South, one may find it difficult to come to term with the constitutional and primary responsibility of the government with the prevailing situation in the country under the watch of the president and state governors where scores of people are being killed on a daily basis and hundreds others abandoned their homes.

Almost six years the insecurity situation has not improved, but rather escalated and extended to other regions.

Today, almost all the states in the  geopolitical zones of  the country have turned like  into war zones with bandits, kidnappers and terrorists killing, and raping innocent unarmed civilians unchallenged.  Let FG  wage total “Operation No Mercy” on criminals before this problem consumes all of us.

Let  appeal to leaders to take the bull by the horn. They should act to stem the tide of this violence threatening the country’s unity and  tearing it apart. Enough is Enough, Nigerians need to see actions that await these criminals for their atrocities,

To be fair, in an attempt to stop these attacks governors offered the criminal groups amnesties and other incentives to end violent attacks.  So far, these agreements have failed for a number of reasons: First, these criminal groups lack central command and a common goal, so it has been difficult to bring them all to a common negotiation.

Moreover, agreements made with one group are not binding on others. Second, the dialogues excluded the local communities that bear the brunt of violence and expect the state to deliver forms of compensation, justice, and protection as a condition for durable peace.

Some have even agreed to release all arrested persons from such groups in exchange for hostages. So far, these agreements have failed for a number of reasons.

Let the government and security agencies wage full operations no mercy on Kidnappers, secessionists and other criminals that are threatening the corporate existence of Nigeria because people are tired of excuses and verbal threats which criminals laugh at, considering the escalation of attacks by these criminal leave the only conclusion that the people of the country are now completely at the mercy of armed gangs who roam towns and villages at will, wrecking havoc.

 It would appear that both the federal and state governments have lost control over protecting people despite the constitutional duty that they swore to uphold.

 Let FG wage total operations no mercy on the these criminals and insurgents that  will  exploit similar disastrous consequences on them.

What transpired between 2015 and now? President Buhari promised to ensure effective and adequate security of lives and property.

 PMB’s status as a retired General, a position he was not picked from ground and also a war veteran and GOC people thought he had positioned himself to deal with these challenges.

Its apt to qoute him @MBuhari,  in 2015, said it was a big disgrace for the previous administration to deal with insurgents for five years to the extent of seeking help from neighbouring countries. Now, in his six years in office, not only  BH exists, but others dangerous criminals operate with impunity.  In spite of his  experience of being former GOC and war veteran   is enough for him to tackle  high rate of crimes. Unfortunately, this hasn’t happened and It is complete treachery of the role the state should play to its people.

Let the administration change people’s perception that it appears helpless in finding solutions to insecurity. Going to the market, shops and stalls one will hear and see the pains people go through.

Let  government and its security agencies  march action against  comatose rhetoric of zero effectual action. We don’t have a country than Nigeria and it’s a duty bound on the leaders to go to any length to protect the country from disintegration because  security situation in Nigeria is deteriorating.

Therefore all hands must be on desk and particularly the both federal and State governments  must respond  decisively to put an end to this cyclical show of shame.  Let the authority administer them same bitter pills of no mercy on  as they have unlashed heartless and senseless mayhems on defenceless people.

Let FG  wage total operations no mercy  on the criminal before this problem consumes all of us.  Let  the   leaders  take the bull by the horn. They should act to stem the tide of this violence threatening the country’s unity and  tear apart  the country. Enough is Enough  Nigerians need to see actions that await these criminal for their atrocities.

May I most respectfully tell excellencies  that these are unusual times that require unusual approaches.  It is only a fool who applies the same approaches repeatedly over the same issue with the hope of getting a different result.

Dukawa wrote in from Kano can be reached atabbahydukawa@gmail.com