By Marie-Therese  Nanlong

Jos — As President Goodluck Jonathan meets with the 36 governors and security chiefs today over security challenges across the country, the member representing Jos South/Jos East Federal Constituency, Plateau State  in the House of Representatives, Bitrus Kaze has called for more decisive action against all forms of insurgency.

The lawmaker decried the insecurity measures so far adopted in tackling insurgency and corruption, saying  a more drastic measure would bring the current situation under control.

Kaze, who spoke with Vanguard in an interview in Jos, said President Jonathan should be decisive in tackling insecurity to curb frequent loss of lives and property to the insurgents who were bent on wreaking havoc on innocent citizens.

His words: “When something happened in Odi and Zaki/Biam, former President Olusegun Obasanjo went full blast over the matter. The international community and Nigerians condemned him but that was the end. I am not suggesting the Odi/Zaki Biam solution but the fact that Obasanjo hit the nail on the head right on time.

“I am not seeing that with the Jonathan Presidency. He tries to show that Obasanjo was too harsh; did not consider the human rights of the people he faced forgetting also that the insurgents in our case as we have it today do not have respect for human rights and do not deserve their human rights to be respected.

“We need to see a forceful Presidency much more than what we have seen; one who will go all out and face these people wherever they are.
“The time of cajoling, persuasion, dialogue or amnesty is long gone and we need to face terrorists for who they are. Nigeria is in a full blast war waged by the terrorists and we need to go full blast against terrorism.”