The Military High Command has urged citizens to replicate the same level of support shown to the armed forces during recent protests against bad governance to help defeat insecurity and criminality in the country.
Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba, made this appeal on Thursday.
He said, “Before the protest, we did observe that the protest would be interpreted in several forms due to the prevailing situation in the country and warned against it.
“We observed the protest means different things to different people. To some people, the protest was peaceful as recorded in the South. To some people, the protest meant riots, to some it meant looting, and to others, it meant demonstrations.
“And several interest groups hijacked the situation, including sovereign interference groups, terrorist groups, political interest groups, and other interest groups.
“However, as we have always said, the fight against terrorism, kidnapping, and others should not be left for security agencies alone. If the citizens display the same energy and vigour that was witnessed in many parts of the country during the protest against bad governance, to support the armed forces, the issue of insecurity and criminality would be defeated quickly.”
Major General Buba encouraged citizens to partner with security agencies, saying: “So we encourage such support for the military’s fight against insecurity and criminality. We encourage citizens to partner with security agencies by providing information, seeing something and saying something, and security agencies will take action.”