David Mark

Ex-Senate President, David Mark, has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to declare an emergency on the worsening insecurity in the nation.

Mark said this on Tuesday, January 2  in a statement released by his media aide, Paul Mumeh.

Mark, a retired General and politician, said the Plateau incidents in which 100 citizens were needlessly massacred should be a wake-up call that the security challenge needed urgent attention.

“It will not be out of place to declare an emergency on security,” he said. “Any step taken to end the continued killing of citizens will be worth the trouble,” Mark added.

He urged the government and security agencies to do more, saying life has become so cheap in Nigeria today that people have lost the humanity in them.

He asked the federal government to collaborate with sub-national governments in the task of ensuring peace and security in the country.

He also counselled against taking grievance to the extreme, stating, “There are legitimate channels to address grievances instead of resorting to self-help.”