Nigeria is sliding to a failed state and into anarchy – Governor Ishaku

Governor Darius Ishaku has said that Nigeria is sliding into anarchy and becoming a failed state due to the increased insecurity.

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Ishaku said this while been interviewed by journalist to mark his sixth year in office. He stated that the increasing spate of insecurity across the country and the inability of the military and other security agencies to address the situation where indications of anarchy.

He said;

“Nigeria is sliding to a failed state, yes of course Nigeria is sliding into anarchy. Even the blind can see that we are sliding into anarchy and the deaf can hear about that too.

The military should be in charge of flushing out insurgents. It is a disgrace if a country’s military cannot flush out insurgents within it’s territory”.

Ishaku also stressed the need for State police noting that State Governors need to be empowered by the constitution I’m the proper handling of security in their states.

He further said:

“We need a state police, we need the constitution to be amended.

I am called Executive Governor, Executive for what? If I cannot implement the decisions I take with the troops under my command? So, the State Police is imperative and must come to stay. Without the State Police, we are surcharging democracy, it won’t work.

The sooner the state police is enacted, the better”.

While speaking on regional security outfit, he stressed that he is not in support of the establishment of regional security outfit for the North East region as was done in the South West and South Eastern regions.

Ishaku said:

“On regional security outfit, the north east is not contemplating it, I particularly do not support it, bit I have since assumption the creation of state police.

I have been the first person who said the constitution has been surcharged that is to say that where we copied the constitution from the United States, and Federal Police and they complemented each other.

The issue is we need state police, the constitution to be amended and I am not in support of regional security outfit, though it can work in other regions, for us here we have grown past that in the north east, we are battling the insurgency”.