A security consultant and public affairs commentator, Olatunbosun Abolarinwa has labelled the scourge of terrorism bedevilling Nigeria as not surprising.
Abolarinwa further called for a proper campaign against insecurity insisting that “the orientation of an average Nigerian towards security is zero”.
He noted that millions of naira is being spent on election campaigns by politicians and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and wondered why the government cannot put some money into campaign against insecurity.
He revealed that “every first born in every (Israeli) family is a member of the Israeli Defence Services” insisting that Nigerians should erase the thoughts that the problem is “only at Borno” and see themselves as “major stakeholders in the fight against terrorism no matter how far they are from the north”.
Abolarinwa, who was speaking as a guest on Channels television morning flagship programme, Sunrise Daily, also called on Nigerians to be watchful.
Citing the fact that “no country in the world today will be able to come out and say that the issue of security threat to the lives and property it’s citizens is sorted”, he noted that the recent attack on a military base in Maiduguri “did not come as a surprise”.
He likened the scourge to HIV/Aids where solutions are daily being sought to end it, insisting that “many countries are still fighting the HIV virus” maintaining that “there are new patients coming out, there are programmes by the health ministries of various countries to try and stem it and other diseases too” adding that “same goes for terrorism”.
He noted that terrorism is a mind-set of a certain people who are on the increase. He revealed that mothers in Pakistan give birth to children ”saying that they are actually giving birth to children so that they can become suicide bombers in the future”.
He urged the federal government to go to work on the attitude of “our leaders” warning that “you come out to start advertising the war that you have not won” and called for a holistic approach in the fight against terrorism, which will include every facet of the society.
He warned that “if care is not taken, we are going to see more attacks in the coming days” noting that everyone is a “potential target as well as a potential stakeholder”.
