The recent attacks by Boko Haram insurgents to the community of Garkida in Adamawa central Senatorial has continue to received serious condemnation by Lawmakers at both the upper and lower Chambers.
Garkida Community in Gombi Local Government under the Federal constituency Represention of Rt Hon Yusuf Buba Yakubu was recently attacked by insurgents.
Hon Yakubu raised a motion requesting President Muhammadu Buhari to either sack the service chiefs or resign them over what he described losing the war against the renegades disloyal group.
The motion which came up under “Matters of Urgent Public Importance”,backing up the motion are members from Adamawa and Borno states, lamenting over the prolonged fight against the insurgents without much achievements from the military, thereby killing their constituents unreasonably.
Hon Ahmadu Jaha representing Damboa/Gwoza/Chibok and Hon Zakariya Dauda Nyampa, representing Michika and Madagali all stood up in support of the motion raised by Buba where they all called on the immediate sacking of the military because they lack the last minute idea to win the Battle against the dreaded Boko Haram group.
Yusuf’s motion which he tittle“The Motion of Urgent National Importance on the need for the Federal Government to provide adequate security, reconstruction and relief materials to parts of my constituency attacked by insurgents and to order Nigerian army to change strategy on its current campaign against terrorism.”
The Tuesday plenary was more of a renew calling ofPresident Muhammadu Buhari to disengage the service chiefs for running out of ideas on how to curb the insurgency in the North East by the Lawmakers
They lamented how over 100 insurgents on motor bikes will travel for about 100km to carry out attack at Garkida Community in Adamawa State without any effort by the military to check or repel them.
They also said the attackers who killed both young and old people and destroyed their properties carried out their operation that lasted over 8 hours without any response from the military.
The attack led to the destruction of lives and properties including burning of a church that has been in existence for over 40 years in Gombi LG area of Adamawa State.
Hon Buba Yusuf said: “The House notes that in the recent weeks there has been a series upsurge in the activities of boko haram insurgents across many parts of the northern zone which has since 2010 continue to witness incessant attacks by the group. It is easy to recall that in the last few weeks, the Auno in Borno State and Garkida in Adamawa State, attacks including others that are not reported, have left the world asking questions that remained unanswered.
“These attacks coming ferociously after a time the insurgents were said to have been highly degraded, to say the least, have left our people in even more grave danger and have left our homes, business premises, places of worship, farms and above all lives at the mercy of the insurgents.
“The House is concerned that if nothing urgent is done to increase the numbers of our soldiers by way of massive recruitment, the number of our men on the theatres of conflict sadly will continue to decrease and their moral will drop considerably while our nation may have a sad recourse back to pre-2015. God forbid.”
Hon Jaha while Contributing to the motion, said he is no longer comfortable being in National Assembly and see his people go through untold hardship and being massacre like animals by the insurgents. He threatened to resign if the security situation continues to degenerate
He said the service chiefs have completely run out of ideas. “You must not live in your comfort zone while your constituents are dying. For how long shall we be repelling attacks in this country? My people voted for me under duress because they had been sending messages of attacks.
“These insurgents came in with 11 brand new Hilux vans. I called the security outfit, they said they are waiting for them to come so that they can repel them. Garkida is less than 15km away from my constituency. You are waiting for them to come? How long shall we continue to repel attacks?
“Hon. Members, the service chiefs are out of ideas completely. We know this. Mr. Speaker, it is better to do something to save Nigerians.
Similarly, Hon. Sarki Ader from Sokoto State said that the sorry situation should naturally invoke shame on the service chiefs and the National Security Adviser, NSA who could not stop the attacks.
He said: “It is a shame on the service chiefs and National Security Adviser. We invited them here about three times. They told us they are on top of the situation but as it is today, they are not on top of anything.
“It a shame on the service chiefs. We should not be afraid of anything. They should resign and give other vibrant and tested soldiers. The Service Chief and Security adviser should go. They are against nation. Hon, colleagues, please, support this motion and let them go.”
