Ali Keffi: Protest Movements Are Very Dangerous, Especially For Nigeria That Is In A State Of War

Major General Ali Keffi (Retired), has said that it is indispensable for the subject to measurement into the ongoing nationwide protests tagged #EndBadGovernance due to the fact that protestation movements are dangerous, particularly present that Nigeria is successful a authorities of “war.”

Keffi said this successful an interrogation with ARISE NEWS connected Sunday wherever helium besides said that it is 1 of the law roles of the Armed Forces to measurement into a concern that has gotten excessively overwhelming for the Police and different information agencies to handle, defending the prime of the subject to get progressive successful the protests.

The retired Major General said, “I privation to statesman by saying that protests and protestation movements are precise unsafe – I said precise unsafe – successful the discourse of a fragile authorities similar we person successful Nigeria. Look astatine what is ongoing successful Sudan today; callback a fewer years ago, determination was this protestation against the authorities of Al Bashir. They protested, they encouraged the subject to travel in. The subject came and determination was a benignant of stock of powerfulness betwixt the equipped forces connected 1 broadside and past besides the Rapid Support Forces, RSF, and you spot what present has go of Sudan, the 2 groups are present warring themselves. Sudan is present virtually connected the verge of collapse. Now, this is portion of the occupation of protestation movements.”

He went connected to say, “Protest movements, portion they are bully – determination is thing incorrect to it, I besides americium feeling the pinch arsenic a retired Major General, my archetypal instrumentality home, that is, my pension monthly, was an equivalent of $3,000. Now, with what is going close now, it’s little than $900. I’m feeling it, I spell to the aforesaid marketplace conscionable similar anybody, truthful I’m feeling it.

“Now these radical protesting, I hold with their demands, each of america are feeling this hardship. But the protestation movement, the mode it is, you see, you cannot power the off-stages of protests. I mean, conscionable similar you accidental successful the military, nary program survives archetypal interaction intact, nary plan. So, immoderate the organisers’ lofty plans they had, they’re not going to power everything. So, we person to beryllium precise cautious with protestation movements.

“So, that is wherefore the subject is right, we are successful a authorities of “war” arsenic it is, that they cannot let things to get retired of hand. And don’t hide we person separatist movements. We person IPOB. We person Boko Haram. They could instrumentality vantage of this. So, the subject has to enactment successful the inheritance and ticker and guarantee that this happening does not get retired of hand.”

Explaining that the subject has a close to measurement into the protests, Keffi said, “As portion of the law relation of the equipped forces, 1 of their secondary roles is to enactment the constabulary wherever they are being overwhelmed, wherever the concern is apt to get retired of hand. So, it is due for the subject to travel in, successful that respect erstwhile the concern is getting beyond what the information agencies – that is, the constabulary and others – tin hold. Don’t hide that the subject is simply a defence force, the Armed Forces of Nigeria, it is not a information thing. But interior information is 1 of its cardinal secondary roles due to the fact that the Armed Forces has work to guarantee that the state is stable.”

Further reiterating the value of the subject being progressive successful Nigeria’s information during the protests, helium said, “You’ve heard immoderate acrophobic eminent Nigerians who person travel retired to speak, to accidental that we are successful a authorities of war, and that is truly a bully characterisation oregon statement of the situation.

“A territory of Nigeria wrong are facing insurgency, they’re facing heightened authorities of insecurity which is acold beyond the capableness of the constabulary and different information agencies. So, successful that wise, you are astir successful the authorities of war, and these insurgents, bandits, kidnappers and the remainder are utilizing weapons that are beyond the capableness of the constabulary and different agencies. So, successful that regard, it is perfectly close and due for the subject to travel in.”

Ozioma Samuel-Ugwuezi

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