He also said unless checkmated, the inordinate ambition as well as desperation of some of our politicians are capable of terminally checkmating our nation.
Abubakar said this in an open letter entitled ‘Letter to Nigerians’ on Wednesday.
He explained that Nigeria was once again at a crossroads and was unsure of which way to go.
The former military ruler noted that the nation was being threatened by an intractable insurgency, unprecedented carnage, a rise in the menace of riots, communal violence, cattle rustling and sundry criminality in several states.
According to him, to make matters worse, our political class daily display immaturity in their conduct and utterances to further heat up the polity.
He said it was time we tell one another uncomfortable home truths.
The retired general pointed out that it was the duty of leaders at all levels to tell truth to power in order to help correctly identify and diagnose the causes of disaffection and anger in the land, and do something about them.
He noted that there was palpable desperation everywhere in the land, explaining that we were in a situation in which everyone was dissatisfied with what was going on, but nobody was sure of what to do, or what was going to happen next.
Abubakar expressed sadness that the nation had suffered greatly with the loss of several lives with more than a million people displaced within the country, and tens of thousands forced across our borders into neighbouring countries.
He said, “In one of the most senseless attacks, more than 2,000 people were said to have been killed in a single attack on Baga town of Borno State last week. This is clearly unacceptable.
“We feel the time has come to restore people’s confidence in the ability of government to confront, repel and put a stop to the impunity of the insurgency; and reassure them of its capacity and readiness to protect them at all times.”
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