… As Lawan says Nigerians expect better outcomes from security agencies over Insecurity***

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Lucky Irabor, on Wednesday in Jos called for cooperation from stakeholders and residents of Plateau to end insecurity in the state.

“Peace on the Plateau can only be achieved with input from everyone that is in the Plateau.

“The military and security agencies’ input to the peace process is only a minute part.

“The greater part is to be borne by the citizens and every inhabitant of the Plateau,’’ he said when he paid a courtesy visit to Gov. Simon Lalong over recent attacks in the state.

He said the military only created enabling conditions to enable security agencies, led by the police, to discharge their critical traditional roles in curbing insecurity.

Irabor said mutual understanding was required from Plateau people to enable them to play their roles in the state’s peace process.

He said his visit was also meant to have a meeting with stakeholders in the state in order to find lasting solutions to its security challenges.

He said the gesture would establish a framework regarding the future of the state in terms of peace and its development.

Irabor assured Plateau people that the armed forces would work assiduously to restore peace in the state through its various outfits particularly through Operation Safe Haven.

He decried the spate of killings in the state, especially of women and children, saying peace initiatives by the people and the state government would ensure an end to insecurity.

In his remarks, Gov. Lalong thanked the CDS for his concern on the security situation in Plateau and commended the military’s efforts at calming situations.

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“The military is doing its best. I thank you for that,’’ the governor told the CDS, he said.

He said Plateau is home for everyone and his administration was doing its best to maintain the status quo, saying he established the Plateau Peace Building Agency as part of his peace initiatives.

Gov. Lalong expressed optimism that the stakeholders meeting would contribute in finding lasting solution to insecurity in the state.

In the meantime,  Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, says Nigerians expect better outcomes from security agencies as they get more resources to tackle insecurity in the country.

The senate president spoke on Wednesday in Kaduna, when he led a delegation on a condolence visit to the family of Sen. Bala Na’ Allah.

The newsmen report that Na’Allah’s son, Abdulkarim, 36, was killed on Sunday by unknown persons at his residence in Malali GRA, Kaduna.

“We cannot get tired of insisting we get results from our security agencies.

“We will not also get tired in providing resources and platforms for our security agencies to do better,’’ he said.

Lawan noted that the National Assembly, before proceeding on recess in July, approved over N800 billion for the provision of arms to the security agencies.

“With the recent acquisition of the TA-29 Super Tucano by our Air Force and other platforms, we believe that the government is doing everything possible to enhance the capacity and capabilities of our armed forces to fight the numerous security challenges that we face especially banditry here in the North-West.

“Our security agents must sit up; we appreciate what they are doing but we expect better outcomes now that more resources have been given to them.’’

He expressed concern that Kaduna State has become the gravity centre of banditry in the North-West.

“I appeal to security agencies to come up with better strategies in dealing with and confronting banditry that has now become almost a norm in this state,’’ he added.

Lawan described the deceased as “a man of peace, conviction, focused, patriotic and a productive Nigerian.

“This is one death too many but when Allah wishes, nobody can stop His will and none of us could have done anything to stop this.

“Our security agents must follow the trail and do everything possible to get the killers of our son,’’ he said.

The senate president prayed for the repose of the soul of the deceased and the family the fortitude to bear the loss.