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Insecurity: Lawan Vows Security Agencies Must Account for Resources

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May 21, 2022

President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan

The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirant and President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, has said that the Senate will ensure that the nation’s security agencies account for resources given to them to tackle security challenges besetting the country.

He explained that the 9th Senate under his watch would continue to hold the country’s security architecture accountable as long as insecurity persists in the country.

Lawan said the federal government had provided enough resources to security agencies to tackle banditry and other security challenges in the country “but we have not achieved the result that we want to achieve.”

While addressing delegates and leaders of the APC in Katsina ahead of the party’s presidential primary, Lawan described the security situation in the North-west as worrisome despite efforts by the government to end the scenario.

He said, “We have done a lot in terms of providing resources for our security agencies to fight banditry and other security issues but we have not achieved the kind of result that we want to achieve.

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“We will continue to provide more resources and continue to hold our security agencies responsible for the resources we give them for as long as the insecurity persists.”

According to him, “Before, we in the North were living in peace more than any other region of the country but today we are bedeviled with insecurity. We were feeding the country but today we can’t, we must restore security in our country.”

The Senate President said the North-west as an agrarian region, if properly secured, can provide adequate food that could feed the entire nation and generate employment opportunities for the youths, create wealth for the country and bring stability.

He applauded President Muhammudu Buhari for returning normalcy in the North-east, saying “unfortunately, we have security issues especially in the North-west and other parts of the country.”

According to him, “Like we dealt with Boko Haram by the grace of God we will finish banditry in the Northwestern part of Nigeria.

“All that we require is commitment, sincerity of purpose and to ensure that we are united in fighting banditry in the North-west and other security challenges across the country.”

Lawan, however, added that his 23 years at the National Assembly beginning from the House of Representatives has equipped him with the requisite experience and capacity to pilot the affairs of the country as president.

He urged the delegates and other APC members in Katsina to support his presidential aspiration, adding “Though I am from Yobe State, Katsina is home to my people as we have some historical connections as confirmed by the Emir of Katsina.”

The Senate President assured that if given the opportunity to govern Nigeria, he would ensure that the necessary resources were put in place to secure the country and its citizens.

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It was gathered that he only holds SSCE from Majidun Grammar School, as he said he was arrested, “after performing the surgery, the patient has been discharged home. So after like three months, the patient came with the police to arrest me.”

He said there were no complications after treating the patient so he did not know the reason why the patent came back with the police.

“I charged one hundred fifty thousand, and I have six workers. My hospital is located in Ikorodu. It’s a new site but somewhere close to Elepe Estate. I regret every bit of my action so I would never advise anyone or if there’s anyone that is still hiding somewhere and doing such a thing they should desist from it,” he added.

Shakirudeen’s hospital is Skyline Medical Centre and noted that he is a married man with three children

Speaking about the certificate the police found with him, he said, “It’s a forged certificate from Obafemi Awolowo MBBS, Medicine, and Surgery. Nobody taught me, but I used to help my boss when he was performing the surgery.”

“To dissect the stomach, it’s appendix after opening the stomach then you cut the appendix after cutting the stomach then you suction the appendix, then you suction the flesh fat and the skin then you pack it with gauze and apply plaster,” he added.

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He noted that out of the four Fulani people, one escaped from the kidnappers’ custody.

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“The Madakin Piko informed me that they (gunmen) have called and they said they need the ramson of N900,000,000 (nine hundred million naira). They picked about four Fulani people and one of them is released.”

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