INTERFAITH DIALOGUE FORUM (IDFP) HAS ASKED PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI TO OVERHAUL THE NATION’S SECURITY ARCHITECTURE AND ENTRENCH STATE POLICING BECAUSE OF THE MASSIVE KIDNAPPINGS AND KILLINGS OVER THE YEARS WHICH SHOWS NIGERIA IS FAST BECOMING A FAILED STATE.
IDFP WHICH SAID GOVERNMENT’S INABILITY TO SECURE CITIZENS FROM THESE CATASTROPHES IS AN INDICATION THAT NIGERIA IS FAST BECOMING A FAILED STATE SAYS IT IS WORRIED AND APPREHENSIVE THAT NO ONE SEEMS SAFE ON THE ROAD, RAILWAY TRACKS AND EVEN IN THEIR HOMES IN A SOVEREIGN COUNTRY WITH VAST AND SOPHISTICATED SECURITY ARCHITECTURE.
INTERFAITH ALSO SAYS IT IS TROUBLED GOVERNMENT, SECURITY AGENCIES WHICH ARE TRAINED AND COMMISSIONED TO SECURE THE LIVES AND PROPERTY OF ORDINARY CITIZENS SEEM IMPOTENT TO DEAL WITH THE HUGE SECURITY CHALLENGES.
THE GROUP SAYS IT REGRETS THE NATION’S COMMONWEALTH IS USED FOR THE WELL-BEING OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, POLITICIANS, SECURITY AGENCIES AND WORKERS WITH NO POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE SECURITY OF LIVES AND PROPERTY OF THE CITIZENRY.
IDFP SAID THIS AT A PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE STATE OF THE NATION WHICH WAS ADDRESS BY THE CO-CHAIRMEN OF THE IDFP, BISHOP SUNDAY ONUOHA AND KUNLE SANI WHERE THE GROUP ADVISED NIGERIANS NOT TO BE DETERRED BY TERRORISTS ACTIVITIES AND ENCOURAGED TOLERANCE, PEACE, PATIENCE AND INTERFAITH HARMONY AND RELATIONS IN NIGERIA TO MAKE NIGERIANS LIVE IN PEACE FOR SUSTAINABLE GROWTH.