Any Govt Which Fails to Protect Citizens Lacks Moral Justification to be in Power – JNI
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An umbrella body of Northern Muslims, Jama’atu Nasir Islam (JNI), on Monday cried out over the continued insecurity in the country which has resulted in several killings, saying that any government which fails to protect its citizens has no moral justification to remain in power.
In a statement, the body which is headed by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, expressed deep concerns over killings by terrorists particularly the attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train which resulted in the death of 8 persons and left several others injured.
The statement which was signed by the Secretary General of JNI, Dr. Khalid Aliyu, reads, “Any government that is incapable of protecting the lives of its citizens has lost the moral justification of being there in the first place; this is enunciated in Section 33(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria”.
The body said that the incessant killings have remained “reprehensible and upsetting to every rational mind”.
According to the statement, it was sad that the killings have become normal occurrences in the country, a situation which the body described as an erosion of humanity.
Part of the statement reads, “It appears that the continuous callous acts of mayhem, killings and arson happening almost on daily or weekly bases around us; either within communities and/or on the roads we ply, has automatically reset our human psyche that we now have accepted such dastardly acts as part of our lives, to the extent that we no longer feel it.
“The humanity in us is slowly being eroded thereby making us adapt to the new normal within which we unfortunately found ourselves.”
“In Islam and by all global standards, the essence of government and governance is solely to protect the five principal cardinal rights of the human race, the most important of which is LIFE!”
“Therefore, this press release is premised on the fact that Nigeria is more or less heading to an unknown destination of multiple cum well-coordinated serial chaos attributable to lack of coordination and synergy from security personnel, if the news making the round is to be believed”
“We claim to be people of faith and all these occurrences are allowed without any form of prompt intervention. Why?
“Well, it should be known that an attack on one soul; is an attack on all, and this is how the human race should be preserved and protected, but if allowed to continue we fear the consequence(s) of the innocent souls that were killed, without any fault of theirs.”
“Terrorists are now becoming bolder and more belligerent by the day. They operate in any area of their choice(s) at any time they so wish.
“They even operate for up to eight hours non-stop (as it was reported to have happened in Niger state last Monday), without any fear of being confronted or apprehended.”
“Most communities are now under the bandits’ absolute control with taxes being paid to bandits–some parts of Borno, Katsina, Zamfara, Niger, Sokoto states and some others yet to be disclosed to the public.
“In fact, terrorists do what they wish knowing that there is no gun power or authority that will defy them.”
In a statement, the body which is headed by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, expressed deep concerns over killings by terrorists particularly the attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train which resulted in the death of 8 persons and left several others injured.
The statement which was signed by the Secretary General of JNI, Dr. Khalid Aliyu, reads, “Any government that is incapable of protecting the lives of its citizens has lost the moral justification of being there in the first place; this is enunciated in Section 33(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria”.
The body said that the incessant killings have remained “reprehensible and upsetting to every rational mind”.
According to the statement, it was sad that the killings have become normal occurrences in the country, a situation which the body described as an erosion of humanity.
Part of the statement reads, “It appears that the continuous callous acts of mayhem, killings and arson happening almost on daily or weekly bases around us; either within communities and/or on the roads we ply, has automatically reset our human psyche that we now have accepted such dastardly acts as part of our lives, to the extent that we no longer feel it.
“The humanity in us is slowly being eroded thereby making us adapt to the new normal within which we unfortunately found ourselves.”
“In Islam and by all global standards, the essence of government and governance is solely to protect the five principal cardinal rights of the human race, the most important of which is LIFE!”
“Therefore, this press release is premised on the fact that Nigeria is more or less heading to an unknown destination of multiple cum well-coordinated serial chaos attributable to lack of coordination and synergy from security personnel, if the news making the round is to be believed”
“We claim to be people of faith and all these occurrences are allowed without any form of prompt intervention. Why?
“Well, it should be known that an attack on one soul; is an attack on all, and this is how the human race should be preserved and protected, but if allowed to continue we fear the consequence(s) of the innocent souls that were killed, without any fault of theirs.”
“Terrorists are now becoming bolder and more belligerent by the day. They operate in any area of their choice(s) at any time they so wish.
“They even operate for up to eight hours non-stop (as it was reported to have happened in Niger state last Monday), without any fear of being confronted or apprehended.”
“Most communities are now under the bandits’ absolute control with taxes being paid to bandits–some parts of Borno, Katsina, Zamfara, Niger, Sokoto states and some others yet to be disclosed to the public.
“In fact, terrorists do what they wish knowing that there is no gun power or authority that will defy them.”
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