David mark condemned Nasarawa violence

Senate President David Mark talks about  security challenges facing the nation and called for soul searching among Nigerians in other to find a permanent solution to the crisis. He noted that the situation had reach a  level of  exposing everybody to danger, adding that the continued loss of lives and properties could not be a way of life. Senator Mark, in a statement in Abuja on Sunday, expressed grave concern over the development, saying unless everybody resolved to tackle the security problem headlong, the perpetrators might over-run the country. He also condemned the attack and killing of police and other security operatives in Nasarawa State by some cultists last week. “Nobody, no nation, no matter how weak, would live to accept such heinous crime. What is happening to us as a people is strange and condemnable. “How did we degenerate to this level where everyone became a brothers’ hater instead of being our brothers’ keeper? The situation calls for soul searching. We must re-examine ourselves. We must look inwards,” he said. He noted that while there could be foreign collaborators, the foreigners would not have succeeded if there were no willing tools from within. He implored any aggrieved person or group to explore many established channels, including the National Assembly, to seek redress instead of resorting to violence. He lamented that the insecurity situation had made life uncomfortable for Nigerians and reduced sacred human life to a paled insignificance. Sympathizing with the victims of various attacks in Borno, Yobe, Nasarawa and Benue states, Mark urged security operatives to go back to the drawing board and restrategise for effective operations. He also suggested a working synergy among security agencies, saying such cooperation would plug any loophole or lapse and ultimately yield better results. This, he said, had become imperative in order to fish out the perpetrators of these crimes, stressing that the culprits must be brought to book. “We must remove sentiments and be able to separate issues from crimes or criminalities. Offenders must be seen to be punished to serve as a deterrent to others,” he said. He said the siege Nigerians had been subjected to on account of insurgencies and other violent crimes in recent times were avoidable if the people put their house in order. Everyone, he pointed out, must rise up to defend the country instead of leaving security in the hands of security operatives alone.