Senator Annie Okonkwo has advised the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government not to apply force in solving insecurity in the country, rather he should embrace dialogue to bring back peace in the country, especially the South-east region of the country.
Okokwo, who stated this in a statement made available to journalists yesterday, disclosed that: “Nigeria cannot afford another civil war, because we are yet to recover from the devastating effects of the Biafra war.”
According to the senator, “Dialogue is the best approach to ensuring a lasting solution to the ugly situation bideviling the South-east region.
“The federal government and the security agencies must apply wisdom in handling the situation in South-east region. Taking wrong action will only create more problems. We have the issue of Boko Haram in the North, the Niger Delta militants crisis is still unresolved, and now the issue of IPOB. This will only crumble the economy of the country.”
He said reports have it that a decade of war in Syria has left nearly half a million people dead, adding that dialogue is the only answer to solving violence across the country.
“We don’t need any approach that will create more issues. I therefore, call on the federal government, state governors, military, police and other security agencies to sit up and do the needful to put an end the ugly situation in the country, as no nation has survived two civil war, so Nigeria’s cannot be different,” the senator stated.
