Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has criticised the multiple attacks in Kano by suspected Boko Haram members, saying journalists the threat of terrorism is a major security challenge to the government.
Speaking? to reporters at the Presidential Wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, yesterday, Ekweremadu explained that the Federal Government would take whatever measure that would assist it to bring normalcy to the country.
He said, “I think we all agreed that there is a major security challenge facing the country and the foremost responsibility of any government is the protection of lives and property so whatever challenge it is, is a challenge against the government of Nigeria.
“I just do hope that the government will rise up to the challenge because it doesn’t make any sense for Nigerians to be? killing themselves. So, whatever measure that needs to be taken to ensure that we restore normalcy to our country needs? to be taken.
“So, it is a very sad thing that our country is going through this turmoil, you know it is giving us a bad name, outside this country. So, it is a very sad moment for all of us as leaders of this country, I just hope that like every other thing that has challenged us in the past, we will find a solution to this one as well.”
On whether the? Senate? was comfortable with the deployment of soldiers to Lagos streets Ekweremadu said, “Democracy itself has a limit, so what is important to government is to ensure that there is no breakdown of law and order in any part of Nigeria so anything that will give rise to a situation where the lives of others will be trampled upon or anything kind of disorder in the country.
“So if it take soldiers to bring order in Lagos, I don’t have problem with it but if they go beyond preventing disorder and harassing innocent citizens, then that is where some of us will frown at but I don’t think that it has come to that. But I am sure that as soon as normalcy returns to Lagos, the soldiers will return to the barracks.