By Daniel Tyokua
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike has called on the residents to stop dishing out false alarms over insecurity.
He said the residents should commend the efforts of security agencies for the successes recorded in the fight against kidnappings and not the politicisation of insecurity.
The minister called on residents to give the government the needed support and desists from generalizing security issues as if it was a daily occurrence.
According to him, nobody was happy that kidnapping is rearing its ugly head in the territory.
Wike, who stated this during an interactive session with journalists in Abuja on Monday, said politicians were cashing out on the current security challenges to cause panic among FCT residents.
He expresses concern that instead of commending the efforts of security agencies in addressing insecurity, some residents have continued to create panic by dishing out false alarms.
The minister who commended security agencies for the efforts so far, said that the media chats present an opportunity to update Nigerians as regard the issues of security in FCT.
“After the first kidnapping incident in Bwari, President Tinubu summoned the service chiefs and my humble self and within a few days you have seen what they have achieved.
“But nobody is talking about that. Nobody has come to commend them. All you here security has collapsed,” he complained.
“Nigerians forget easily and that is why we have always said let’s not play politics with the issue of security.
“Remember, some time ago, in the last administration, we were told that bandits came to Kuje prison and wreaked havoc. Nobody said there was no Minister of FCT. There was a minister.
“Nobody talks about FCT being the capital. Remember, there was an administration where terrorists came and burnt the United Nations building here. It was in FCT.
“Remember, there was an attack to burn the police headquarters. There was a minister.
“All over the world, we have heard where armed men went to school in cities and shot at will, killing 15 to 16 people in the United States in Britain as developed as they are.
“That does not mean that the security in those cities has collapsed.”
The minister urged residents to learn to appreciate government efforts and support the security agencies with intelligence information to assist in addressing the challenge.
