Senator Sani Musa, the Niger state lawmaker elected on the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Sunday called on Babagana Monguno the National Security Adviser (NSA) to resign.
The lawmaker, who made the call while speaking on Channels Television programme, Politics Today, believes Monguno, a retired major general and former Chief of Defence Intelligence, has no reason to remain as the nation’s top security strategist with the continued killings of innocent people.
“What proactive action has the NSA taken? We have to call a spade a spade. If I was the NSA in this country, I will tender my resignation because I have failed,” he said.
“When they (terrorists) are creating cells, you do not wait until when you are attacked before acting. The intelligence that is being shared is a pre-information given to you at a stage where these culprits have not concluded their plans and you neutralise them. For me, I believe that we need to restrategise.”
Amid the outcry over the deteriorating situation, Monguno last week said the security agencies have adopted a new strategy to tackle the threat.
Although Senator Musa said the government collectively should not be blamed for the current situation, he admitted that it has gone from bad to worse.
“To say the issue of insecurity is disturbing is an understatement, Nigeria is a country that is evolving, and we have never seen it like this since after the civil war,” said the lawmaker.
“We used to have armed forces that are reckoned; they have fought wars in other countries in order to bring peace to those countries but today, the whole thing is different.”
With Channels Television report
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