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CSOs Task Security Managers on Unity to Defeat Insurgency

As Nigeria continues to battle insecurity, a rights group, Conference of Civil Society for Peace, Security and National Development has urged the managers of the nation’s security architecture to resist any form of disunity amongst them to enable the nation defeat insurgency and other forms of insecurity.
The CSOs apparently reacting to comments from the National Security Adviser (NSA), Maj. Gen. Babagana Monguno (Rtd.) credited to President Muhammadu Buhari where he said excuses will no longer be tolerated from his Service Chiefs over the spate of insecurity across the country warned that allowing discord of any form at this time would lead to relapse of the gains made in the fight against insurgency and banditry.
It would be recalled that the NSA, Maj. Gen. Babagana Monguno (Rtd.) had told State House Correspondents that President Muhammadu Buhari was unhappy with the current state of security in Nigeria.
In a statement signed by Comrade Mike Msuaan and Mallam Adamu Kabir Matazu, conveners of the CSOs, praised the Nigeria military for the efforts made in ending insurgency, banditry and other forms of criminality and called for sustenance of the tempo.
“The fight against insurgency is been largely won through the gallantry displayed by the Nigerian military. However, collaboration is required from all strata of the security architecture. This is where we find it necessary to caution the NSA to be weary of remarks on the security situation. The NSA and the security chiefs ought to be on the same page on operations in the war theatre. The purpose for the existence of the NSA and the various security agencies is for the security of the nation.
“So, when the NSA makes comments that suggests that he is not a part of the security agencies, it is tantamount to dampening the morale of the security chiefs and their troops.
“No one in Nigeria today can fend ignorance of the efforts of the Nigerian military in taming insurgency in the country. It was in this country that it was once normal for bomb blast to detonate on a daily basis including the nation’s capital. All that is forgotten now. While we acknowledge that there are still pockets of crises here and there, we must not fail to note the huge successes recorded so that those on the fringes of the war would be encouraged.
“As stakeholders who believe in the Nigeria project, we have elected to stand for unity and peace of the nation. It is in this wise that we urge the Federal Government to disregard calls for the sacking of the current service chiefs. Those making such calls are not doing so in the interest of the nation but their pecuniary gains.
“We herein also urged the NSA to show leadership by not allowing himself to be reactionary in his comments on the fight against insurgency. We understand that there is pressure on the managers of the nation’s security architecture particularly from those who have taken side with insurgents for pecuniary gains.
The CSOs further explained that the security situation in the country has improved significantly following the coming of the current government explaining that fighting insurgency was not as simple as some people imagine.
“The situation degenerated to a point where citizens deserted the north eastern states almost completely. Average Nigerians had given up hope on the sovereignty of the country. Hope however, began to return when Gen Tukur Yusuf Buratai assumed office in July 2015 as he quickly evolved a master plan of taking war to the door steps of the terrorists, away from the reactionary approach adopted in the past. This art of war coupled with credible intelligence gathering has seen the destruction and killing of several terrorists’ leaders, camps and hide outs through a coordinated ground and aerial bombardment”, the statement added.
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PANDEF Clarifies Visit To Tinubu, Knocks Wike Over Inflammatory Comments

The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has called on President Bola Tinubu to prevail on the minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike to retract his publicly disparaging remarks made recently against the socio-political body.
PANDEF described as regrerrable and embarrassing comments by Wike in the aftermath of the group’s visit to Tinubu at the State House, Abuja, on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, even to the extent of insulting the late former Federal Commissioner for Information and South-South Leader, Chief Edwin.
Recall that the FCT minister had, on Thursday, during a media chat, described PANDEF as “the worst organisation anybody can rely on”, while also calling the board of trustee members of the body “political merchants”.
In a statement signed by PANDEF Chairman on Saturday in Abuja, Ambassador Godknows Boladei Igali, urged President Tinubu as the father of the nation, to prevail upon the Honourable Minister to retract his inflammatory statements and extend due respect to these eminent.
Igali clarified that the meeting with the president provided a valuable platform to discuss pressing issues of national and regional importance. Adding that “PANDEF remains unwavering in its commitment to peace, stability, and equitable development in the Niger Delta. We will continue to engage with great vigour, all relevant stakeholders in pursuit of lasting harmony in Rivers State and the broader South-South region.”
His words: ^To set the record straight, PANDEF the foremost socio-political body representing the South-South regions, composed of some of Nigeria’s most distinguished personalities. The delegation to Mr. President included chairpersons of at least four of the six SouthSouth states’ traditional councils, senior traditional rulers of major ethnic groups, former governors, past presiding officers of the Senate, prominent entrepreneurs, academics, and high-ranking retired military officers.
“It is, therefore, highly regrettable and totally unacceptable that a serving minister in the Federal Government would exhibit such brazen disrespect towards individuals of this standing. This attitude perhaps explains his continued refusal of the Minister to engage with the Peace and Reconciliation Committee, which PANDEF constituted as far back as October 2024, despite repeated attempts to reach.
“The Honourable Minister (Wike) characterized PANDEF as the worst organization ever” and accused its members of visiting the Presidential Villa merely to solicit financial favors. These statements are not only false but also unbecoming of a public official of his stature.
“PANDEF hereby calls upon Mr. President, as the father of the nation, to prevail upon the Honourable Minister to retract his inflammatory statements and extend due respect to these eminent Nigerians and traditional rulers who were, after all, esteemed guests of the Commander-in-Chief. It is apt to remind that the Minister does not own the Niger-Delta and his errant conduct should not be condoned.
“Notwithstanding this regrettable development, PANDEF remains unwavering in its commitment to peace, stability, and equitable development in the Niger Delta. We will continue to engage with great vigour, all relevant stakeholders in pursuit of lasting harmony in Rivers State and the broader South-South region,” Igali stated.
On efforts to restore peace in River State, Igali restated PANDEF’s commitment for peace in the oil-rich State.
“For the avoidance of doubt, the Peace and Reconciliation Committee, which remains committed to resolving the Rivers State crisis,” Igali stated.
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