The National Security Adviser, Gen. Andrew Owoeye Azazi has said that the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) should be blamed for the security challenges confronting the country. Azazi, who gave the submission, stated that the ruling party planted the seed for some of the problems facing the nation now that some persons from certain part of the country cannot be president based on its zoning principle.The NSA, who spoke in Asaba, the Delta State capital at the ongoing second South-south Economic Summit with the theme, “Development, Investment and Security,” stated that to address the security challenges which include kidnapping, armed robbery, Boko Haram bombing and other violent crimes, there is need to understand the entirety of the problem, from their genesis.
“The other day when I stated that the issue of Boko Haram cannot be dealt with in just one day and that it has to be gradual, people interpreted it to mean that Boko Haram has come to stay with us. What I meant was that there was a need to understand where the problem is coming from and avoid this fire brigade approach to such national challenges.“We do not need to politicize the security challenge on our hand. And most people are not always comfortable when I say in some quarters that the PDP is to be blamed for some of these problems. The PDP got it wrong from the beginning by claiming that its convention and rules state that this person can rule and this person cannot,” he declared.
