Masari: Nigeria Battling With Worst Form Of Insecurity

The Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari, yesterday
lamented the spate of banditry and other nefarious activities
afflicting the country, saying the nation is battling with the
worst form of insecurity.

He expressed worries that people who were living peacefully as
neighbours, friends and were attending the same markets, weddings,
funerals, and naming ceremonies without conflict, were now killing
themselves and raping their wives and children.

Masari, who spoke in Katsina, during the commissioning and
handing over of Kafur Islamic Centre, urged the warring parties to
sheathe their swords and work together to avert bloodletting
bedeviling the country and for peace and development to thrive.

The centre was donated by Wagf Su’ad Al’abdul Jaleel through
As-sheikh Tariq, with the support of the African Continent
Committee and the State of Kuwait.

He said: “We are battling with the worse form of insecurity,
what brought it?; People who were living peacefully before as
neighbours and friends, attending the same market, weddings
funerals, and naming ceremonies without any conflict.

“But today, they are killing themselves, stealing their
properties, and raping their wives and children. How come they
turned overnight and started killing themselves? That means we have
to examine ourselves. What went wrong? We should stop blaming the
government because security is everybody’s business.”

He, however, charged the management of the Islamic centre to be
unbiased while giving out admissions to deserving applicants and
educate residents of the host community on the need for unity to
enhance harmonious co-existence.

Earlier, the representative of the African Continent Committee,
Sheikh Safakirukah Jumat, said the management of the centre would
operate in line with the Islamic tenets and thanked Governor Masari
for purchasing the land for the building.

The Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari, yesterday
lamented the spate of banditry and other nefarious activities
afflicting the country, saying the nation is battling with the
worst form of insecurity.

He expressed worries that people who were living peacefully as
neighbours, friends and were attending the same markets, weddings,
funerals, and naming ceremonies without conflict, were now killing
themselves and raping their wives and children.

Masari, who spoke in Katsina, during the commissioning and
handing over of Kafur Islamic Centre, urged the warring parties to
sheathe their swords and work together to avert bloodletting
bedeviling the country and for peace and development to thrive.

The centre was donated by Wagf Su’ad Al’abdul Jaleel through
As-sheikh Tariq, with the support of the African Continent
Committee and the State of Kuwait.

He said: “We are battling with the worse form of insecurity,
what brought it?; People who were living peacefully before as
neighbours and friends, attending the same market, weddings
funerals, and naming ceremonies without any conflict.

“But today, they are killing themselves, stealing their
properties, and raping their wives and children. How come they
turned overnight and started killing themselves? That means we have
to examine ourselves. What went wrong? We should stop blaming the
government because security is everybody’s business.”

He, however, charged the management of the Islamic centre to be
unbiased while giving out admissions to deserving applicants and
educate residents of the host community on the need for unity to
enhance harmonious co-existence.

Earlier, the representative of the African Continent Committee,
Sheikh Safakirukah Jumat, said the management of the centre would
operate in line with the Islamic tenets and thanked Governor Masari
for purchasing the land for the building.