Nigeria Is Sitting on a Time Bomb - NLC Tells Buhari

The Nigeria Labour Congress has urged the

Federal Government to reopen investigation into the cases of people indicted for sponsoring the Boko Haram sect in the country.

The President of the NLC, Mr. Ayuba Wabba, said in a statement on Sunday that the liberty enjoyed by those sponsoring terror gangs was a grave danger to the country.

The NLC President also advised the security forces to be resolute in the ongoing campaign against the insurgents and not to be demoralized by the multiple bomb attacks on Abuja.

He urged the security forces who he said were now better equipped with sophisticated equipment to take up the attacks as a challenge.

He said, “For us at the Nigeria Labour Congress, we believe this latest attacks should not weaken the morale of the forces involved in the battle against terrorism in our country, rather it should reinvigorate their fighting spirit and should be seen by the Federal Government as a challenge to arm our forces with more sophisticated and superior weapons both for intelligence gathering and combat.

“Beyond this, we urge our government to order the immediate re investigation, arrest and prosecution of all those previously indicted of sponsoring terror gangs, especially the Boko Haram sect and other such violent groups in any part of the country.

“The freedom of those who sponsor deadly violence put the entire country seated on time bomb that can explode at will. No matter how highly placed, whoever have been indicted should immediately be apprehended and re-investigated now.”

Wabba said that the multiple bomb attacks on the FCT by the insurgents should be condemned by all Nigerians.

He said that the attacks were perpetrated by the insurgents with the intent to divert attention from the successes recorded against them by the security forces.

The labour leader added that the attacks carried out at Kuje along the Abuja International Airport and Nyanyan, were devised to announce the Boko Haram’s presence to the world and to convey the message that Nigeria was unsafe.

He also urged the security agencies to look beyond the Boko Haram sect to other parts of the country as some militants in the Niger Delta were said to be planning to “resume violent attacks against Nigerians and the Nigerian state as a corporate entity.”

Wabba, who advised Nigerians to see the battle against terrorism as a collective one, urged them to volunteer every suspicious movement to the security forces for necessary action.

He also urged the Federal Government to ensure the victims of the blasts were given the best medical treatment and attention.

Meanwhile, the Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum under the leadership of Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State has condemned the recent bombings in Kuje and Nyanya areas near Abuja, describing it as cowardly, brutish and offensive to the collective well-being of all Nigerians.

In a statement released in Abuja on Sunday and signed by the Coordinator of the forum, Mr. Osaro Onaiwu, the PDP governors questioned whatever motive that could justify the spilling of innocent blood.

They called on President Buhari and the security agencies to continue their efforts at bringing to justice those who continue to terrorize the nation, adding that the PDP governors will continue to support any such effort aimed at bringing peace and security to all Nigerians.

While sympathizing with the families of the victims of the bombings, the PDP Governors’ Forum also called on Nigerians to be vigilant and report any suspicious movements to the security agencies.