#nomofosdotcom How Nigerians Promote Insurgency In The North-East – Al-Mustapha

Former Chief Security Officer
to the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-
Mustapha, has accused Nigerians of promoting insurgency
in the Northeast just as he proffered solutions on how to
end the intractable crisis in the North-East of Nigeria.
The former CSO, who is the President and Chief Executive
Officer of a non-governmental organization, Al-Mustapha
Peace, Unity and Development Initiative (APUDI), made this
known while addressing newsmen at a pre-conference on
"Community Conflict and Youth Militancy in Northern
Nigeria: Challenge of a Democratic Practice", in Abuja on
Monday.
Al Mustapha said it is a fact that because of ignorance from
private and public sectors, the country has over the years
promoted causes of insurgency out of greed and selfishness.
He also stated that peace and security should be not be
compromised in any way.
His words, "If you look closely at our environment, I will say
because of ignorance from private and public sectors, we
have over the years promoted causes of insurgency, some
deliberately, some out of greed, some out of selfishness,
some out of ignorance, this is a fact but when it comes to
apportioning blames, that is another thing entirely and that
is what I do not do.
"When a country finds itself in our situation, where damage
control measures are of the essence, at that point in time,
all agencies should now look very well at their limitations in
terms of their primary and secondary assignments and find
ways to address the problem.
"Peace and security should not be compromised in any way
by any security agency".
On how to end the insurgency, Al-Mustapha said:
"Conventional approach to a conventional mode of fighting
in any country is exactly what is required of the military and
other agencies".
He, however, advised, "…where you have insurgency and
such vices classified as or leading to low intensity conflict in
any country as we have in the North-East, the obvious thing
to do is to maximize information and secrecy".
Al-Mustapha, therefore, charged media organizations in the
country to work with security agencies in maximizing all
classified information that would be supportive to counter-
insurgency.

Source: informationnigeria