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Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani has warned politicians that politicising matters of national security undermines the unity and stability of Nigeria and has warned against politicians engaging in such behaviour.
While receiving a courtesy call from high-ranking officials of the Department of State Services (DSS) at Sir Kashim Ibrahim House in Kaduna on Friday, the governor issued the warning.
Politicians, Sani said, should differentiate between helping the government improve its policies and doing things that endanger the country’s business existence.
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“You have become a merchant of conflict” when your actions produce disaffection or degrade our country’s image, he remarked, adding that as a governor, he could attack him all he wanted.
Accusing certain opposition leaders of engaging in remarks and activities that harm Nigeria’s reputation in the name of political competitiveness, he denounced their antics.
Such people are “anti-democratic forces” who, in his view, fail to remember that governments come and go, but nations endure.
As Sani reflected on his time spent fighting for human rights and the rule of law, he cited a statement made by the late Chief Gani Fawehinmi, a prominent Nigerian lawyer, who said that the people of Nigeria must always differentiate between their government and the country.
It was during our time in the trenches fighting for the democracy that we all enjoy now that we noticed that some of the politicians who are now in opposition were completely absent.
Warning that most political elite would go abroad if anarchy broke out, leaving the poor and vulnerable to endure the fallout, the governor pleaded with them not to abuse their privileged positions to threaten national peace.
He warned that GRA residents would “fly their families abroad” if trouble broke out, leaving the general populace to “bear the brunt” of their conduct.