Arewa Urges Tinubu To Tackle Northern Insecurity
•Reaffirms Support For Rivers Governor
By ERIC MOORE
Leader of Arewa Community in South, Alhaji Musa Saidu, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to tackle insecurity in the North, saying the president would be recognized as a hero by the North, if this (insecurity) is curbed.
Musa made the appeal at the weekend, adding that the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, should honourably resign due to his alleged inability to make a significant positive impact in resolving security problems in Zamfara State.
Saidu said it appeared like the minister and the governor of Zamfara State cannot work together because of alleged political differences, noting that the situation was affecting security issues in the state.
He said: “The Minister of State for Defence should resign. He was a former governor of the state and the current governor can’t work with him because Nigerians have been following their fight.
“So, he should resign so that a new Minister of State for Defence can take steps to tackle security problems in Zamfara. The fight between the governor and the Minister is not helping the security situation.
“All northern ministers not performing should be shown the door because we have crisis in the North; this is not time for sentiment. The issue of Zamfara for instance, is a big problem.”
Saidu said President Tinubu should not panic over recent media reports that some northern politicians were regrouping, stressing that some of those they see as political leaders in the North no longer have followership among the people.
He said the recent mass protest was a clear indication that the masses in the North had chosen to take their destiny in their hands.
The Arewa leader added that all the president should do to win the hearts of the northern people was to tackle insecurity in the area.
He said when the problem of insecurity is addressed people can go to their farms to earn their living.
Meanwhile, the Arewa South leader has reaffirmed the support of the northern community in Rivers State, for Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his government.
He recalled that the northern community in the state voted massively for Fubara in the 2023 governorship election, stressing that they are not enemies of the government.
The Arewa leader urged the governor to appoint a northerner in the state into his cabinet, emphasizing that it is high time the governor rewarded the unflinching support he enjoys from the northern community.
Alhaji Saidu emphasized that for the sake of fairness and justice for the non-indigenes that voted massively for the governor, they should be rewarded with political appointments, noting that they had not enjoyed any political position in the state for about eight years.
The Arewa leader further appealed to Fubara to call some of his aides to order, alleging that some of them were feeding him with lies to stop the governor from building a robust relationship with the northern community.