Former President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, has urged President Bola Tinubu to review the country’s security architecture with a view to making it more proactive and strategic towards addressing unending bloodshed in Plateau State.
Senator Mark said a review will identify loopholes and devise a means to end the unabating challenges in the country.
He said the Plateau incidents in which scores of citizens were needlessly massacred should be a wakeup call that the security challenge needs urgent attention.
“It will not be out of place to declare an emergency on security. Any step taken to end the continued killing of citizens will be worth the trouble,” he said.
Senator Mark also urged the government and security agencies to do more, saying that life has become so cheap in Nigeria today as if people have lost humanity in them.
The former two-term Senate President implored the government to collaborate with subnational governments in the task of ensuring peace and security in the country.
Specifically, Mark commiserated with the government and people of Plateau State just as he suggested that residents should be alert and cooperate with security operatives in order to prevent reoccurrence.
He called for harmonious relationship between and among various ethnic and religious adherences in the country.
The former Senate President warned against taking grievances to the extreme, pointing out that “there are legitimate channels to address grievances instead of resorting to self-help.”
Credit: The Nigeria Lawyer