The Nigeria security has been compromised by some Nigeria Opinion Leaders *_Amb. Fidel Odiase

The Nigeria security has been compromised by some Nigeria Opinion Leaders 

 *_Amb. Fidel Odiase._* 

       Some Opinion Leaders, government officials, politicians and religious leaders have been compromised by Boko Haram terrorists,  bandits and kidnapers thereby jeopardising security intelligence gathering.

The 2022 Security Ambassador,

 has blamed the prolonged activities of insurgents and bandits in the country  on political elites and religious leaders, saying that majority of  “security stakeholders” in the Nigeria have been compromised by insurgents and bandits.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in June 2021, reported that Boko Haram terrorists have killed about 350,000 people in the North-East, of whom 90 per cent were children, Peoples Gazette reported.

Similarly, bandits have continued to kill and abduct schoolchildren enmasse in coordinated attacks across Kaduna, Katsina, Niger, Kebbi State for ransom. 

It's obvious that all security stakeholders” have been compromised.

The absence of political and traditional elites from their consistencies has allowed insecurity fester in the country. 

“The political and traditional elite at the local level are at most times not present in their constituencies and therefore create the vacuum that insurgents, terrorists and bandits fill in the administration of local authorities.

Amb. Odiase asserted that intelligence gathering in most troubled zones in the country has been weakened by the influence of terrorists and bandits on all security stakeholders in the Northern region.

“What appears to be the most apparent is the lack of efficient intelligence system or lack of will to utilise the provided intelligence in carrying out security operations by the military and paramilitary agencies, as most security stakeholders appear to be compromised by the insurgents in the North-East as well as bandits/kidnappers in the North-West and North-Central Central.

 Let us wake up and put all hands on deck.

...A better Nigeria is possible!