We are living in an open prison — Dogara laments

Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Yakubu Dogara, has expressed sadness over the inability of the Buhari administration to bring to an end, the security crisis currently facing the country especially the activities of insurgents in the North.



Dogara while describing the situation as dire and 'a crisis that is unparalleled in our history,' said the escalating security situation appears to be 'unstoppable', and makes it "harder to distinguish us from our enemies."

Dogara made the statement while speaking at a northern security meeting convened by the Arewa Research and Development Project, ARDP, to inaugurate the northern security monitoring committee in Kaduna.


He said, “There was no shortage of early warning signs and as a matter of fact, our philosophers such as the late Sa’adu Zungur of blessed memory had warned that this dystopian era was fast approaching but we ignored all. We are now paying for our collective negligence.”

He questioned the handling of the security situation in the North saying there is no honesty in the process, and that the escalating situation despite claims of 'technical defeat' by the current government, is a proof that the Buhari administration has been lying to Nigerians.




He said, “As it is, we are now trapped in a prison of mirrors, where revealed lies are answered with new lies. With all these, its like our slow motion walk to self apocalypse is assured.

“Violence is taking roots because the leadership model has been exposed as a lie, an empty ideology used to promote greed instead of addressing social inequality and injustice.



“We are running out of time, it is crystal clear that the North cannot withstand the kind of contradictions that exist now. The North is on fire ignited by us either by our actions or by what we permit or allow.

“Those who truly love the North must now come out and accept responsibility and begin the salvage mission bearing in mind Professor Andrew Haruna’s warning ‘that the North was handed over to us in one peace, we must therefore not pass it to our children in pieces,” he advised.


In a somewhat call for self defense instead of relying on government to provide security for the masses, he said, "We are all guilty of waiting for the government to solve all the problems.”