Northern elders have called for a total overhaul of the country’s security architecture and the immediate sack of the National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Monguno (rtd) over the attack on the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) in Kaduna.
The group attributed the Tuesday morning attack by bandits, which left two military officers dead and one other abducted, to failure of Nigeria’s intelligence network.
The Nigerian Army had earlier confirmed the killing of two of its officers and abduction of another at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) in Afaka, Kaduna State.
Reports said the bandits came in a large number in the early hours of Tuesday, adding that apart from the officers killed and kidnapped, some others sustained gunshot injuries and are receiving treatment at the NDA hospital.
The organisation, in a statement following the attack, also sought an in-depth review of the entire security architecture as according to them, the entire security chiefs must bear the blame.
The group, under the aegis of Coalition of Northern Elders for Peace and Development (CNEPD), in the statement by its national coordinator, Engr. Zana Goni, while blaming President Muhammadu Buhari for leaving Monguno behind at the time he replaced service chiefs, however expressed support to the President and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
The elders insisted that it is time for the President to do away with Monguno following the worsening insecurity in the country.
The deteriorating security situation, according to the Coalition, is a sign that Monguno, who manages the nation’s security, is not on top of his game.
The statement berated stakeholders in the region over what the group described as “their long silence in the face of unbearable criminal acts by armed herdsmen and insecurity across the country ‘thereby giving a bad image of the region.
“We find it once more expedient to comment on the worsening security situation in the country, especially the latest attack on a military formation, the Nigerian Defence Academy, which is the institution where future military leaders are trained.
– Media Report