Mark calls for uprising against Boko Haram

His call came on a day Deputy Senate President and Speaker of the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS Parliament, Ike Ekweremadu, solicited greater sub-regional synergy to tame the menace of insurgency in West Africa.

Senator Mark, who bemoaned the gruesome murder and destruction by Boko Haram, said now the group had refused to follow that the part of dialogue in expressing its grievances; there was no other option left with the government than to deploy its might to face the problem head-on.

According to the Senate President, “if the perpetrators of these violent crimes would not come to the negotiating table to dialogue with authorities in order to address whatever grievances  they may have,  government would be left with no option than to deploy its might to deal with the situation.”

Mark, who spoke while decorating the newly promoted police officers attached to his office with their new ranks, stated that government would no longer tolerate a situation where insurgents and terrorists continued to hold it and the citizens hostage.

He said:  “No matter how disgruntled or angry they may be, they cannot continue to kill our citizens and destroy property at will as way of life.
“It is a high time wise counsel prevailed among these insurgents to drop their arms and embrace peace.”
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He said:  “No matter how disgruntled or angry they may be, they cannot continue to kill our citizens and destroy property at will as way of life.

“It is a high time wise counsel prevailed among these insurgents to drop their arms and embrace peace.”

While expressing worry over the high rate of attacks by the insurgents, he said, “Nigeria is passing through very difficult times and challenges and certainly does not need these wars and destructions.

“We need to live and work together as free people. We need a country where all citizens have equal opportunities, where no one is oppressed or molested.”

The speaker, who also doubles as the Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, encouraged his colleagues to increase their advocacy efforts at their national levels.

He added:  “History is not given but made, for those who wait for history to make them, would never have pride of place in it.

“We must recommit ourselves to the struggle, re-strategize and chart a fresh trajectory to the Promise Land. To dither is not in our character, and to surrender is not on the card. At this juncture, success is the only vision we see and the only language we understand.”