One of the constitutional responsibilities of the federal government of Nigeria according to the Nigerian 1999 constitution is to guarantee the protection and the security of the entire Nigerian state or territory including the life and the properties of all Nigerian citizen and her residents. What are the primary functions and the constitutional responsibility of the entire Nigerian Armed Forces and her security agencies if our oil pipelines are to be guided and protected from oil bunkering and vandalization by these tribal, regional and militant groups of the Niger Delta region or the O’odua Peoples Congress (OPC)?
Which serious minded country in the world today in 2013 will allow her most precious national assets which are the main sources of her national revenues as a sovereign nation to be directly protected by groups and individuals with tribal, regional and political aspirations or agendas that our present constitution does not recognize as our state security apparatus? Why should the federal government of Nigeria spend 21% of the federal budget yearly on the security of this country under the presidency of Jonathan Goodluck but fails woefully in her primary responsibility to protect our oil pipelines from oil bunkering and oil pipeline vandals?
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