Former Chief Security Officer to the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, Wednesday blamed the spate of security challenges bedeviling the nation on decades of neglect by previous administrations in the country.
Al-Mustapha said those trusted with the responsibility of running the country to guarantee peace and stability failed in their primary assignment.
Consequently, he said there is increase in the level of security challenges faced by the country.
Al-Mustapha who is also the president and chief executive officer of APUDI Institute for Peace Studies and Social Rehabilitation (APIS), spoke during the Maiden International Peace Conference organised by the APUDI in conjunction with African Peace Institute for Social Research and the United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention, in Abuja.
The APUDI CEO added that past leaders of the nation failed to live up to their responsibility, hence the present security quagmire.
He stated that the present security challenge faced by the country is horrific and it requires a systematic and scientific approach to resolve.
He added that the security situation in Nigeria and indeed most African nations has been neglected for so long and it has degenerated to the level where the mechanism of damage control become inevitable in finding solutions to the intractable challenges of banditry, terrorism, and violent crimes.
According to him, decades of neglect of the security challenges have made it a herculean task to manage and to pull the country alright has become increasingly difficult.
Al-Mustapha further stated that modern empirical, systematic, and scientific approach must be adopted to reverse the trend of insecurity ravaging the world.
The former presidential candidate of Action Alliance (AA) in the 2023 general elections stated that the institute was formed in 2013 after he regained his freedom.