Former Chief Security Officer (CSO) to the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, has blamed the alarming spate of insecurity bedevilling the nation on decades of neglect by previous administrations.
Â
Al-Mustapha declared that those trusted with the responsibility of running the affairs of the country to guarantee peace and stability failed in the execution of their primary assignment; hence, the increasing level of security challenges currently besetting the country.
Â
The late Ganeral Abacha’a CSO, who is also the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), APUDI Institute for Peace Studies and Social Rehabilitation (APIS), spoke at the maiden International Peace Conference organised, in conjunction with African Peace Institute for Social Research and the United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention, in Abuja.Â
Â
Al-Mustapha insisted that past leaders of the nation failed to live up to their responsibility, hence the current security quagmire. He said that the current security challenge in the country is horrific and requires a systematic and scientific approach to resolve.
Â
According to him, the security situation in Nigeria and most African nations has been neglected for so long, allowing it to degenerate to the level where the mechanism of damage control has become inevitable in finding solutions to the intractable challenges of banditry, terrorism, and violent crimes in the country.
