House of Representatives member, Hon. Ahmadu Jaha has called on security chiefs to tender their resignations if they lack ideas on how to tackle prevailing insecurity.
The lawmaker made the call on Tuesday during plenary, while supporting the motion seeking the suspension of the proposed Operation Positive Identification, being mulled by the Nigerian Army.
Jaha criticised the security chiefs for the multiple code-named military operations across the country. According to him;
“I will like to emphasise that if our security chiefs are out of ideas, they should let Nigerians know about that so that they can voluntarily give way for other people who have new ideas on how to fight insecurity in this country.
“Travelling from Abuja to Maiduguri (Borno State capital), before linking the various local government areas, it takes not less 14 hours. That is under normal circumstances. In the event whereby you (military) have to ask them (commuters) to identify themselves at different military checkpoints before they proceed, for God’s sake, how many days will take them to move from Abuja to Maiduguri or from Maiduguri to Chibok or from Maiduguri to Damboa or Maiduguri to Gwoza?
“So, this is basically not the work of the military but the work of the Nigeria Immigration Service. How do you tell a common man from my village that he must have an identity card before he moves around? This is a violation of fundamental human rights.”
Also speaking, the minority leader of the House, Ndudi Elumelu described the operation as anti-people, adding that it would pose threat to human rights.
Meanwhile, the House has unanimously resolved that the Nigerian Army should develop “a pro-people strategy in confronting our security challenges instead of measures that would further victimise the people.”
