Southern and Middle Belt Alliance,SAMBA, has called on the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and all south-eastern governors to identify and apprehend sponsors of the “unknown gunmen” who are unleashing terror in the region.
The call was contained in a statement by the group on Monday titled, “Insecurity: SaMBA requests Buhari as a matter of urgency to Identify and arrest sponsors of “unknown gunmen” in the South-East”
In the statement signed by its Spokesperson, Mr. Rwang Pam,the group appealed to Buhari to take immediate steps to tackle the growing menace of violence in Anambra State and the entire South-East region.
It commended the Nigeria Army’s proactive action against insecurity with its plan to commence three security exercises nationwide code named ‘Golden Dawn, Enduring Peace and Still Water.’
It further advised the soldiers to conduct the exercise with restraint and respect the human rights of civilians.
Part of the statement read, “Recent activities of the so-called “unknown gunmen” in Anambra State and the South-East in the past few weeks call for concern among peace loving Nigerians as the Federal Government has failed in its responsibility to protect lives and properties of citizens.
“Scores of lives have been lost and government and private properties worth billions of naira had been destroyed.
“The right to life is fundamental and basic right and it’s so entrenched in the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria (as amended) in Sec 33, which clearly states “that every person has a right to life and no one shall be deprived intentionally of his life, save in the execution of the sentence of a court in respect of a criminal offence of which he has been found guilty in Nigeria.”
Likewise, Section 14 (2b) states that “the welfare and security of the citizens shall be the primary purpose of government.”
“This government has failed in that duty and continues to fail until it fulfills its responsibility to all Nigerians.
“It is heart breaking that recent happenings in Anambra State and the South-East at large, have breached this right.”
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