There is no doubt that the Nigerian government is faced with an uphill task in the search for the abducted school girls in Chibok, Borno State. This latest despicable and inhuman act by the Boko Haram insurgents has laid bare the capacity of the Nigerian security apparatus in the fight against terrorism. It exposes Nigeria as lacking in modern technologies and strategies for protecting its porous borders and its defenceless citizens despite being the giant of Africa.
This is a trying time and dark period for our country. As such, all hands must be on deck to overcome this challenge. We must all shun the temptation to politicize or “religionise” the insecurity bedevilling us in this country today. Nigerian leaders in all spheres must rise and come up with uncommon strategies in fighting the insecurity.
Above all, it is high time we introduced community/state policing as an integral part of our federalism. The state of the nation today must have to lead us somewhere better than where we are today.
Adedayo Abass-Olisa,
Lagos.