A National Conference delegate, Goddy Uwazurike, says the conference is committed to finding a lasting solution to Nigeria’s insecurity problem.
Uwazurike’s assurance is coming six days after 75 persons were killed and over 120 injured in a bomb attack on Nyanya Motor Park.
He stressed that the issue of insecurity in Nigeria was part of what President Goodluck Jonathan had asked the conference to also proffer solution to during his speech at the inauguration of the conference.
According to him, a committee with retired security officials has been set up to look into the issue of insecurity.
Mr Uwazurike expressed optimism that the conference’s delegates would work extra hard to make sure that Nigerians would not be disappointed.
He, however, stressed the need for national security intelligence services to be active and do their work the way they should, saying that that is the solution to the problem.
“There is a failure of intelligence services. Intelligence services is needed to win the war on terrorism. They should be proactive and the problem of insecurity will end,” Mr uwazurike, who is also a lawyer, said.
As the three-month conference holds, the issue of insecurity is increasing, with gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram abducting 129 girls from a Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State.
A total of 77 girls have escaped from the abductors, with search for some of the other girls still ongoing
The delegates at the National Conference were bitter about the incidents and have been speaking on ways to stop the attacks.
Some of them have prescribed several solutions ranging from closure of borders with Cameroon, Niger and Chad.
The delegates have also asked that technology should be used in tackling the situation while others are simply saying the Federal Government should increase the numbers of military personnel deployed to the area.
For Mr Uwazurike, there are no borders between Nigeria and neighbouring countries in the northeast.
“There is no border in Nigeria. Our borders are open for people from other countries and they infiltrate the country steady.
“Once they come in, they blend and claim they are from Nigeria. Some people you see that claim they are Hausa are not Hausa. They are people from Niger, Chad and other neighbouring countries,” he said.
The National Conference delegate said that “arms used in Libya during the crisis that lead to the death of Muammar Gaddafi end up in Nigeria and are used by the Boko Haram sect”.
He also said that the issue of insecurity in Nigeria is being politicised by leaders to score cheap political points, but expressed hopes that the solutions that would be proffered by the delegates would be implemented.
