President Jonathan to appoint “terrorism adviser”, as insecurity, violence mount in Nigeria
Special to USAfricaonline.com and USAfrica multimedia networks, Houston.
USAfrica, January 3, 2011: With the rise in insecurity across the regions of Nigeria especially the terroristic attacks by radical groups in the country’s capital Abuja, Jos, Maiduguri, Niger Delta, and varied religious-political terror, Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan is reviewing the credentials of some familiar names to pick a special adviser on anti-terrorism efforts. It will be followed in a few weeks by an anti-terrorism bill sent to the country’s national assembly.
Jonathan has promised to bring the criminal elements and terroristic activists to justice amidst pointed criticisms of his capacity to deal with the general state of insecurity in his country. Security is critical to a successful and fair national election as scheduled to hold in April 2011. He is running as a candidate to be elected as President (since he took over from his predecessor who died in office)
Meanwhile, Jonathan’s political opponents inside his ruling PDP party, including former military dictator and retired General Ibrahim Babangida, former vice President of Nigeria Atiku Abubakar, ACN party and other stakeholders, have spoken critically against him on the same issue. The controversial Babangida is angry that some people he dismisses as “idiots” allege he’s involved somehow in the recent bombings.
The tempo of broad concerns over Jonathan’s response to the violence acts increased and followed 2 harsh months of bomb attacks especially on October 1, 2010 in Abuja during the country’s 50th anniversary of its independence celebrations, 2010 Christmas Eve and 2011 New Year’s Eve attacks which combined, based on USAfrica research and USAfrica reporters numbers inside Nigeria, have killed more than 160 Nigerians and injured at least 350 others; for the entire 2010, such violence and terror and kidnappings have killed more than 940 Nigerians, and injured far in excess of 1400 Nigerians.
One of the violent groups known as Jama’atu Ahlus-Sunnah Lidda’Awati Wal Jihad claimed to be masterminds of the multiple, deadly bomb blasts across and around Jos. See related USAfricaonline.com report on this site.
Jonathan’s special adviser on media Ima Niboro noted a few hours ago, today January 3, 2011, that the President and the country’s security leaders have been investigating the recent violent acts to reach the conclusion that they were not externally plotted or executed but are “acts of terror carried out by criminal elements within our midst.”
The influential leader of Nigerian muslims Sultan Sa’ad Abubakar, himself a former Brigadier-General and fairly disposed to Jonathan’s administration blamed “politicians” for the crises; and Jonathan’s government have followed the same line, blaming “political thugs” for the terroristic acts.
USAfrica news investigations and special reports over the past 10 years show much more than the easy fingering of shadowy, never-prosecuted influential “politicians.” The key question for informed and everyday Nigerians is whether the Jonathan administration will muster the will and decisiveness to deal the full force of the law on those allegedly behind the problems, both the politicians and militant radicals.
The U.S Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) offered and has joined in the efforts to investigate and tackle the source(s) of the bombs and terror inside Nigeria.
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See the October 17, 2001 special report/alert: Nigeria’s bin-Laden cheerleaders could ignite religious war, destabilize Africa. By USAfrica’s Publisher Chido Nwangwu. https://usafricaonline.com/chido.binladennigeria.html
310 killed by Nigeria’s ‘talibans’ in Bauchi, Yobe n Maiduguri; crises escalate. USAfricaonline.com on July 28, 2009.
www.usafricaonline.com/chido.ngrtalibans09.html
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Special News Insight by Chido Nwangwu, USAfrica multimedia networks, Nigeria360 e-group and CLASSmagazine, Houston.
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Obama’s Africa agenda, our business and democracy. USAfricaonline.com and CLASS magazine and The Black Business Journal
https://usafricaonline.com/2009/07/07/chido-obamaafrica09/
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Special News Insight, USAfrica multimedia networks, Nigeria360 e-group and CLASSmagazine, Houston. https://usafricaonline.com/2010/09/08/jonathan-firing-servicechiefs-onovo2010-by-chido/
• Chido Nwangwu is the Founder and Publisher of USAfrica, and first African-owned, U.S-based newspaper published on the internet USAfricaonline.com; The Black Business Journal, CLASSmagazine, PhotoWorks.TV, AchebeBooks.com, Nigeria360, USAfricaTV and several blogs, assessed by The New York TImes as the largest and arguably most influential multimedia networks for Africans and Americans. He served on the editorial board of the Daily Times of Nigeria in Lagos and worked for the Nigerian Television Authority (news) in the 1980s; served on a publicity committee of the Holocaust Museum, Houston; recipient of an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree in May 2009; adviser on Africa to Houston’s former Mayor Dr. Lee Brown. Chido appears as an analyst on CNN, VOA, SABC, CBSNews, ABCNews, FOXNews, NBCNews, etc. Chido@USAfricaonline.com. wireless: 832-45-CHIDO (24436). Office: 713-270-5500.
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