Karimi: Military Reorganisation Key to Defeating Insurgency
Ibrahim Oyewale in Lokoja
The Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District and Senate Chairman Committee on Services, Senator Sunday Karimi, has assured Nigerians that the recent reorganisation of the nation’s military apparatus by President Bola Tinubu and the continued rejigging of operational strategies would yield fruit sooner than later.
Karimi, gave this assurance in a statement issued and signed by his Media officer, Busayo Tosin, a copy of which was made available to journalists in Lokoja, yesterday.
He argued that the recent spike in insecurity was not unrelated to the 2027 general elections.
“Security operations are proceeding simultaneously in Kwara, Nasarawa, Plateau, Benue, and Taraba States where President Bola Tinubu, through the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Waidi Shaibu, has deployed special battalions.
“Nonetheless, kidnappers, murderers and terrorists continue to fester in parts of the country, leaving trails of anguish, blood and devastation.
“Despite these concurrent security operations, a terrorist group in Kwara State at the weekend paraded about 200 captives from a recent vicious attack on Woro community in Kaiama local government area in northern Kwara State.
“In response to written threats by terrorist groups, residents of parts of Kwara South are migrating from their homes and farmlands.”
The Chairman Senate Committee on Services argued that there was a nexus between the forthcoming general polls and the unabating insecurity in the country, alleging that certain interests and tendencies had resolved to continue to make the country ungovernable with the ultimate aim of disrupting the forthcoming general elections.
His words: “The correlation is all too glaring. Against all odds, President Bola Tinubu has continued to record landmark successes across sectors.
“The economy is on the rebound; prices of products are lowering; government is paying university dons 40 per cent more than they previously earned; foreign reserves in less than three years are nestling close to $50 Billion; the naira is now below N1400 to the dollar.
‘Despite these heartwarming developments, certain perverts remain averse to the gradual resurgence of the socio economy.”
Karimi added: “It is reassuring that the Minister for Defence, General Christopher Gwabin Musa, has hinted about possible recourse to our abundant pool of retired military personnel to secure ungoverned spaces across the country.
“These initiatives will complement the subsisting deployment of forest guards in parts of the country, another initiative of the Tinubu administration.
“Mr. President has also approved the recruitment of 50,000 police constables to improve the personnel strength of the Nigeria Police Force, all in response to the nation’s security realities,” Karimi observed.
Karimi assured that the National Assembly would continue to support the President in his commitment to deliver good governance, tangible dividends of democracy, and the quality and credibility of elections in 2027, which Nigerians will be proud of. “Our country will overcome these challenges.
“Our rebound within the past 32 months has been applauded by the World Bank at the level of the Managing Director for Operations, Anna Bjerde, who commended the nation’s economic reforms as a global example of consistent and credible leadership. “When a nation like Nigeria, which provides the oxygen for growth in the sub-region, is getting it right, antagonists are not far-fetched.
“Nigerians should rest assured by the President’s reassurance at the recent National Economic Council, (NEC) meeting, that we shall overcome terrorism and insecurity.”
