FORMER Solicitor General of K aduna State during the Second Republic and National Legal Adviser of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Malam Aliyu Umar spoke on the imposition of state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states by President Goodluck Jonathan. He also spoke on sundry national issues of interest.

What is your reaction to the emergency rule declared by the Federal Government in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states?

The declaration of state of emergency in the North Eastern Nigerian States of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa is clearly a strategic move by the President to attract military and financial aid from Israel, United States of America and other Western countries under the cover of fighting terrorism as defined from the American perspective. There is nothing more to it than that.

Those in control of political power in Nigeria today, like their predecessors, are mere agents of Western neocolonial powers; and as such, they cannot appreciate the glaring fact that these Western powers are now desperately struggling to re-colonize Nigeria and the rest of the Africa by continuing to plant open security challenges. The President of Nigeria and his colleagues in other African countries should understand that the American-inspired global economic gambling game is nearing its end; and as such, America and its allies in the West are doing all they can to hopelessly save the capital system by taking control of the riches of Nigeria and the rest of Africa.

The clear route these countries have taken and have been taking, is to ensure that African countries remain unstable by planting the most devastating weapon of terror, which is corruption in rich African countries like Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The President of Nigeria should remember that the amount of money British citizens spend daily to feed their pet dogs and cats is more than what the entire people of Africa (including their Presidents) spend daily to feed themselves. It is in order to live in this level of luxury that rich Africa must one way or the other be re-colonized.

How would you describe the way the government has been handling the insecurity situation in the country before now?

In Nigeria, there are people exercising political power at the highest level. To such people in power, it is just about power without responsibility and without accountability, which is disaster waiting to happen. And this is the insipid reality staring Nigeria in the face. As we all know, corruption does not only kill human lives, it also destroys the souls of nations. So the real source of insecurity in Nigeria is corruption and to resolve the insecurity challenges, law and order must be restored at all levels. As things stand now, the Nigerian constitution is just a veritable working document and not the fundamental binding agreement the multi-ethnic, the multi-religious people of Nigeria signed to live under God.

The way out is to go back to the basics and begin the processes of re-building the country starting from grassroots levels of the Nigerian society. And this is where traditional institutions, political parties and other grassroots organizations become highly relevant and they should immediately be brought in to lay the solid foundation of rebuilding the heart of Africa, Nigeria.

In what way again would you describe the actions and activities of Boko Haram?

I am only aware of Boko Hallas. Islam enjoins every Muslim to seek education anywhere in the world. The security challenges facing Nigeria today has no religious characteristics. In the constitution of Nigeria, there is freedom of religion. If anybody thinks any religion despises the so-called Western education, that is his/her own belief. But the reality is that there is nothing like Western education. Education is a global human product that transcends civilizations. After all, when the Africans, the Egyptians and the Chinese taught the first principles, the Western man was living in caves. So, education is a product of human intellect developed through the ages. In other words, education is a common heritage of mankind. Therefore, the few lightly armed youths that are nick-named Boko Haram are in reality Boko Hallas and as members of the communities facing security challenges, they can easily be reached through the well established African extended family system and community leaders without declaring war against them as the President has wrongly done.