The Coalition of Nigerian Youths On Safety and Security Affairs (CONYSSA) on Thursday urged the Federal Authorities to create a particular courtroom for the prosecution of bandits, kidnappers and violent extremists to handle worsening insecurity within the nation.
This follows the latest abduction of 38 worshippers at a Christ Apostle Church in Eruku, Kwara State, and the kidnapping of over 300 college students and 12 lecturers from St. Mary’s Catholic Main College in Papiri, Niger State.
Talking, the Ogun State Coordinator of CONYSSA, Com. Ayo Akinrombi, urged the President Tinubu-led administration that the creation of the particular courtroom was lengthy overdue to prosecute bandits and violent extremists to nip within the bud the insecurity ravaging the nation.
He made the decision on the Ogun State Youth Multi-Stakeholder Safety Summit on Social Vices in partnership with the Federal Ministry of Youth and Growth held on the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) Secretariat, Iwe-Iroyin, Abeokuta.
Akinrombi, who referred to as on the president to accentuate efforts to fight the menace of insecurity particularly within the North, lauded his resolution to have cancelled his worldwide journey to AU and EU occasions so as to tackle latest abductions, which later resulted within the launch of the 38 worshippers in Kwara and college students in Niger State.
He mentioned “What we youth need from Mr President is that he ought to do extra on insecurity when it comes to defending our faculties, borders and ensure all these bandits, if being arrested, are handled. One of many issues we predict the president to do is to have a particular courtroom that may prosecute bandits and kidnappers to make their circumstances quick to discourage others from doing.
“President Tinubu has completed so effectively within the challenge of insecurity as a result of we are able to see the discount in banditry and kidnapping however till not too long ago we heard assaults of banditry, kidnapping in some areas within the North particularly within the North Central and East.
“And one of many issues that the President did that we the youth commented was that he cancelled his worldwide programme, the AU and EU, and allowed the vice chairman to attend for him to have the ability to monitor and coordinate the difficulty of insecurity within the nation, and instantly you’ll be able to see the modifications on the discharge of 38 kidnapped and the scholars in Niger State.”
The coordinator additionally chastised the youth towards cultism, drug abuse, human trafficking and different social vices, stressing that each cultism and illicit drug abuse had shortened the lives of some youth, lamenting the large quantity drug addicts’ mother and father had spent at rehab centres.
He appealed to the Minister for Youth Growth, Comrade Ayodele Olawande, and different well-meaning people and teams to affix the CONYSSA to marketing campaign towards social vices among the many youth, expressing remorse that the group had completed marketing campaign in seven states together with Ogun with none assist from native, state and federal authorities.
“There isn’t a acquire in all these social vices and by the point they’re caught they may blame themselves particularly those who interact in medication, in addition they shortened their lives and on the finish of the day their household spends extra to rehabilitate them. We advise them it doesn’t matter what you might be passing by way of comply with the best means, shun cultism, cease human trafficking.
“We now have been doing huge campaigns towards all of the social vices particularly cultism, drug trafficking, human trafficking and others but when we are able to see assist from the federal government undoubtedly we will cowl extra grounds. We’re using on the Minister for youth, nationwide orientation company and different parastatals to assist CONYSSA in campaigns to do extra work,” he added.
Highlights of the occasion was the giving of awards to dignitaries because the Icon of Safety Ambassadors, they embrace: Dr. Rotimi George Tailor, Prince Adegboyega Adekoya and Olori Omolara MacGregor amongst others.
