VON DG counsels Atiku on insecurity
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the cardinal question in all honesty is can turaki stop the insecurity without the cooperation of international security agencies especially that of the united states he said1 the director general voice of nigeria von mr osita okechukwu has urged former vice president atiku abubakar and nigerians to join president muhammadu buhari to fight insecurity1 the news agency of nigeria nan reports that the von dg was reacting to questions from newsmen in enugu over statements on killings in nigeria credited to atiku during his formal declaration to contest for president on the platform of the peoples democratic party pdp in yola1 the von dg who is an ardent supporter of president buhari however dismissed the statistics of the former vice president saying that they were unnecessary and inaccurate1 what is important is how to stop the killings we need cooperation prayers information and assistance to the government1 otherwise wikipedia reported from credible sources that iraqi death toll of over 500000 persons since us led invasion of 2003 about 5000 of who are us service men he said1 according to him i am outraged like most nigerians over the spate of killings by herdsmenfarmers clash bandits militias boko haram and sundry1 president muhammadu buhari i must confess is very sad over the killings1 his excellency atiku abubakar turaki of adamawa statistics are unnecessary and inaccurate for one death is painful1 at any rate his statistics and can be best dubbed campaign hype if not fake news when the real statistics are assembled. iraqi casualty is over 5000001 okechukwu also a chieftain of the all progressives congress apc said that assisting the federal government to fight insecurity would be more beneficial instead of comparing the dead in the country with those killed in iraq and afghanistan1 on the public perception that buhari is not doing enough to stop the killings okechukwu said am on good note that president buhari is quietly deploying all means necessary to stop the insecurity in the land1 among which is deployment of mission critical communications system by motorola solutions of illinois united state of america equipment which will put critical information at the fingertips of all the security agencies in nigeria1 in fact the national security adviser mr babagana monguno and minister of communications mr adebayo shittu one understands are leading the pack. i dont want to say more than this for this is security issue okechukwu said1 he appealed to all nigerians irrespective of political affiliations to join hands with mr president to fight insecurity in the country instead of making insecurity a campaign issue1 okechukwu thanked him for acknowledging the massive infrastructural development ongoing in the land under buhari but expressed doubts over turakis promise to tackle insecurity1 my relief is that his excellency atiku abubakar graciously recognised the unprecedented massive infrastructural development ongoing in the past three years under president buhari1 the targeted 5000 kilometres of federal roads 5000 kilometres of rail lines 5000 additional megawatts of electricity and bid for self-sufficiency in food are anchored on prudent management of public fund1 can turaki guarantee nigerians to curb corruption to this level he queried1 he also recalled that president buhari few weeks after inauguration was honoured with a red carpet reception at the white house1 since the presidential contest is like a beauty contest buhari remains the best among those parading themselves to be president in 2019 he added1