Former Speaker of Plateau State House of Assembly and Gubernatorial aspirant on the platform of the PDP, Rt. Hon. George Edwards Daika has thrown his weight behind the statement credited to Gen. Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma as it concerns the compromised security architecture of Nigeria.

According to him, those criticising the General for speaking the truth should have a rethink and Nigerians should take their dissenting opinions with a pinch of salt as self defence is constitutional and enshrined in the Nigerian constitution.

Killings continues unabated across the country especially in the Middle Belt region where ethnic cleansing is ongoing at an alarming rate with the security agencies unable to stop the drift. Dong village which is just about three (3) kilometers from the Maxwell Kolbe cantonment, (Rukuba Barracks) in Plateau State has witnessed recurring attacks leaving many dead.

What more complicity on the part of the Armed Forces than their inability to stop killings in their backyard?

What of the Inspector General of Police who disobeyed the President on the insecurity in Benue State and nothing happened, he asked.

He said rather than criticising Gen.TY Danjuma who has contributed tremendously towards a better and United Nigeria , he should be commended for his patriotic bluntness on the sad situation of things in the country.

He added, Gen. Danjuma statement should be seen as a wake up call on the authorities to rise up to their constitutional responsibilities.

Rt. Hon. George Edwards Daika calls for an independent commission of inquiry to look into the weighty allegations of Gen. TY Danjuma as the Government through the actions and utterances of ranking security heads like the Minister of Defence and the Inspector General of Police itself, cannot be trusted to objectively bring to book the bad eggs colluding with the Armed bandits.

He further calls on Nigerians to be law abiding while remaining vigilant to defend themselves whenever the need arises since the State has failed in it’s primary responsibility of protecting lives and properties of its citizens.

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Call For Self Defence: Rt. Hon. George Edwards Daika Supports Gen.TY Danjuma