Insecurity: Convene Emergency Meeting With Gowon, IBB, Obasanjo, Others Now, Bode George Tells Tinubu …Describes The Gruesome Murder Of Ekiti Obas As ‘Sacrilegious’

Former deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olabode George, has advised President Bola Tinubu to urgently convene a meeting of Elders and leaders of thought in the country to solve the issues of insecurity plaguing Nigeria.

George, who spoke at a media parley in Lagos on Wednesday, said it’s obvious that all hands must be on deck to solve the myriad of problems arising from insecurity bessetting the country.

He also listed some of the leaders President Tinubu should consult such as former heads of state, Gen Yakubu Gowon rtd, Gen Ibrahim Babangida rtd, Gen Abdusalami Abubakar, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Gen Mohammed Gusau amongst others.

Also, George said there’s a need to deploy technology and train the military boys on how to handle modern equipment such as unmanned aerial vehicles (drones).

He said; ” The military is usually designed to take care of external enemies. But when the level of insurgency is beyond the police to contain, there is what we call ‘Aid to civil power’. It’s a special military operation to assist the police in quelling insurgency. The security challenge now is horrendous, and there is a need to use modern weapons such as drones. ‘Gramatology’ can no longer help. Let’s train our boys (military) in the use of modern equipment,” he added.

George, who describes the gruesome murder of two traditional rulers in Ekiti as ‘sacrilegious’, said it is time to have a state police.

He said the late governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, will be remembered for established Amotekun, adding that we copied the American constitution without following it to the letter.

“The American have the FBI, state police and the county police, but what do we have here?”

He, however, said that the Nigerian constitution is part of the obstacle that is recklessly disturbing the growth of the country, adding that President Tinubu should revisit the report of 2014 constitutional conference where all decisions taken were unanimous.

On the economic front, George opined that it is simple economics that when you have too much money chasing fewer goods, it leads to hyper inflation.

He questioned the rationale behind the creation of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, adding that working without data is not the best for the country.

George also criticised the former vice president Yemi Osinbajo as the first culprit.

He said it was unthinkable that a constitutional lawyer of Prof Osinbajo’s repute will be going to the market to share money in the guise of trader money and market money.

The PDP chieftain who admitted that the economic crisis is global, opined that subsidies on electricity and other essentials that will cut across all strata of the populace would cushion the effect of the downturn in the economy than sharing money without data.