{"id":1216,"date":"2021-12-30T15:35:39","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T14:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coastaltimes557122118.wordpress.com\/2021\/12\/30\/breaking-gen-sani-abachas-former-cso-reveals-those-behind-insecurity-in-nigeria\/"},"modified":"2021-12-30T15:35:39","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T14:35:39","slug":"breaking-gen-sani-abachas-former-cso-reveals-those-behind-insecurity-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2021\/12\/30\/breaking-gen-sani-abachas-former-cso-reveals-those-behind-insecurity-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Gen Sani Abacha&#8217;s Former CSO Reveals Those Behind Insecurity In Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Coastal News <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" data-attachment-id=\"1214\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2021\/12\/30\/breaking-gen-sani-abachas-former-cso-reveals-those-behind-insecurity-in-nigeria\/screenshot_20211230-152744_wordpress\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/screenshot_20211230-152744_wordpress.jpg?fit=787%2C444&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"787,444\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot_20211230-152744_WordPress.jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/screenshot_20211230-152744_wordpress.jpg?fit=640%2C361&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/screenshot_20211230-152744_wordpress.jpg?resize=640%2C361&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/screenshot_20211230-152744_wordpress.jpg?w=787&amp;ssl=1 787w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/screenshot_20211230-152744_wordpress.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/screenshot_20211230-152744_wordpress.jpg?resize=768%2C433&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, Chief Security Officer to Former Nigerian Military Ruler, General Sani Abacha. <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To deal with the present situation holistically, Major Al-Mustapha stated that it required the contribution of all patriotic citizens of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAccording to a report by Daily Post, Major Hamza Al- Mustapha, Chief Security Officer (CSO) to former Nigerian military ruler, General Sani Abacha has stated that rich people with access to weapons and hard drugs were behind the insecurity bedeviling different parts of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To deal with the present situation holistically, Major Al-Mustapha stated that it required the contribution of all patriotic citizens of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said that the authorities have to step on the toes of disgruntled elements in an effort to normalise the security situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Major Al-Mustapha, who spoke on a viral VOA Hausa interview, explained that, \u201cit is high time every patriotic Nigerian, anyone who has Nigeria, Africa or the entire world at heart, stood up and make personal contribution. Things are not moving as expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He disclosed that there were people spending their money to cause crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said, \u201cThere are people spending their money to cause crisis and it appears they are succeeding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFrom the way, they\u2019ve access to weapons today in Africa, and different kinds of drugs, and from the kind of people that are given such things and they are using it, these have shown that the strength they have has started to overpower the laws of African countries, especially here in Nigeria.\u201d<br \/>He explained that the few Nigerians benefitting from the country\u2019s mineral resources seemed to be unstoppable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Source: Akahi News<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coastal News To deal with the present situation holistically, Major Al-Mustapha stated that it required&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[217],"class_list":["post-1216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-insecurity","tag-insecurity-in-nigeria"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1196,"url":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2021\/12\/13\/breaking-chief-of-defence-staff-gen-irabor-sacks-50-army-generals-over-rising-rate-of-insecurity\/","url_meta":{"origin":1216,"position":0},"title":"BREAKING: Chief Of Defence Staff Gen Irabor Sacks 50 Army Generals Over Rising Rate Of Insecurity","author":"Coastal Times","date":"December 13, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Coastal News Chief of Defence Staff (CDS),\u00a0General Leo Irabor\u00a0has ordered 50 Generals in the Nigerian military to tender their resignation with immediate effect. 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