Group protests, wants Buhari to sack NSA, Defence Minister over insecurity….or else
by Ebor Cletus Ralph Jr
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Maj. Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd), and the Defence Minister, Maj. Gen. Bashir Salihi Magashi (rtd), were both called to be fired by a group operating under the banner of the Guardians of Democracy and Development Initiative (GDDI) on Monday in Abuja for failing to address national security issues and allegedly abdicating their responsibilities.
The demonstrators held up several posters and banners near the Unity Fountain that said, “Defence Minister is incompetent, sack him now,” “Magashi must go,” and “We say no to incompetent NSA and Defence Minister.”
They also lamented the worsening security situation in the country, blaming it on the NSA and the Defence Minister.
The group’s spokesman, Comrade Danesi Momoh, while addressing the protesters, said they were pushed into the protest because of the insecurity situation in every part of the country which called for urgent attention.
He added that the group would join in the call for the impeachment of Buhari if he fails to relieve Monguno and Magashi of their positions with immediate effect.
We want to start with a quotation attributed to Maj. Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd), the National Security Advisor, who is quoted as saying: “People are getting fatigued and are starting to gravitate toward other forms of self-help.
“Truth is that Nigerians are not just getting tired; we are suffocated, frustrated, threatened, apprehensive and completely uncertain about our safety and that of our loved ones. We cannot continue this way, and both the National Security Adviser (NSA) and the Minister of Defence knows that.
“We have had to tolerate a National Security Adviser who has no record of achievement in his seven years in office. And right under his supervision, intelligence has been ignored as exposed by the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives.
“There is no proactivity and no evidence of any practical input from him in addressing National Security before its total collapse status,” Momoh said.
