A security adviser , Ladi Thompson says intelligencers in the government are working to collapse Nigeria.
โ It seems that someย rudimentsย within theย government,ย intelligencersย within areย workingย togetherย with thisย docketย toย collapseย thisย countryย from within, โ heย saidย on Channels Televisionโs Sunriseย programmeย on Saturday.
Accordingย to Thompson, the Federal Governmentโsย programsย ofย absorbingย capturedย terrorists into the Nigerianย society,ย failureย toย makeย givenย terrorย financiers, amongst others areย signsย ofย contendedย conspiracy.
โ There are intelligencers in high places in Nigeria and what’s passing to our people is that when terrorism is being used clinically, one of its objects is to break the will of the nation, โ he emphasised.
Thompson said the cautions of imminent terror attacks in Abuja released by the United Kingdom and the United States mustn’t be ignored.
โ Abuja is aย matterย ofย timeย if weย doย nโtย changeย strategies, โ heย saidย andย advisedย thatย low- techย biasย shouldย beย stationedย in Abujaย incontinently.
Theย securityย expert,ย still,ย expressedย confidenceย that Nigeria willย masterย theย currentย securityย challenges.
โ We’ll beat this thing but for us to beat this thing, the whole nation must realise that the strategy that this government is putting together has not worked( and) it isn’t working, โ he stated.
โ Focus On The Communication, Not The Messenger โ
On his part, a global security critic, Ademola Abbas prompted the Federal Government to forget the runner and concentrate on the communication.
โย Letโs forย formerlyย forgetย theย runnerย andย concentrateย on theย communicationย โ theย communicationย is that there’s aย troubleย to ourย countryย Weย liveย withย pitfallsย everyย singleย day, โ Abbasย submitted.
The US and Britainย hadย on Sundayย advisedย ofย possibleย terrorย attacksย in Abuja,ย especiallyย atย governmentย structures,ย placesย ofย deification,ย seminariesย andย otherย centres whereย largeย crowdsย gather. Bothย countriesย alsoย commencedย the evacuation of theirย citizensย from the Nigerian politicalย capital.
still, Nigerian Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed dismissed the terror cautions, saying the government wo nโt be stampeded and that Nigeria is safer than in May 2015 when President Muhammadu Buhari came into office.
torrent Of Attacks
Disturbingly, a number of daring terrorist attacks have been recorded in Abuja in 2022 and other corridor of the country. On July 5, 2022, mutineers raided the Kuje captivity in Abuja and freed hundreds of convicts including hardened Boko Haram fighters.
The looters also in the same month attacked the advance convoy of the President near Dutsinma in Katsina State. The inspired terrorists would latterly in August ambush and kill some members of the Presidential Guards Brigade in Abuja.
Also, on March 28, 2022, the ferocious terrorists attacked a Kaduna- Abuja train, killed scores, abducted numerous passengers and held them hostages for over six months before their eventual release before in October.
On June 5, 2022, terrorists also raided a unqualified church in Owo, the birthplace of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, killed over 40 worshippers and injured scores of members.