[LEADERSHIP.NG] A member of the Nigerian Senate, Sen. Domingo Obende, on Tuesday in Geneva, Switzerland...home of the Helvetians, famous for cheese, watches, yodeling, and William Tell...
called for effective measures in policing the Nigerian borders.
Obende (APC-Edo) made the call at an interactive session with newsmen at the 130th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) conference in Geneva.
He said such measures would help to check activities of turbans, especially members of the Boko Haram
... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
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"In tackling the problem of insurgency which is currently facing the nation, there is a need to stop the forces of Evil from using the country's border lines.
"The only solution to turbans' infiltration is effective policing of such borders, which is the first and foremost measure.
"This way we will stop the forces of Evil from using our border lines, or rather their own country's border lines to come into our country,'' Obende said.
The Senator however claimed that a long stretch of the Nigerian border line is porous.
"I will say that Nigeria is without borders, because when you talk about borders, it pre-supposes that you have the personnel who will man them.
"But when you go to our border with Chad and Cameroon, everywhere is open. So, we really need to spend money in fencing these borders.
"If we don't do that, this will continue and, of course, Nigeria will be an easy access for any attack in any case of a problem with any country tomorrow or any other day,'' he said.