The Nasarawa United Forum (NUF), has described as reprehensible the penchant by Senator Aliyu Wadada to seize every opportunity to malign other contestants in the race for the governorship of Nasarawa State.

The group in a statement issued by its Coordinator, Abdulaziz Abba, on Thursday, said the latest afront is the unprovoked insults on the person of the former Inspector-General of Police Mohammed Abubakar Adamu by Wadada on Arise News, on Wednesday, during an interactive session with the Arise team.

In the statement which reads in part, Abba said, “We the members of the Nasarawa United Forum, would not have bandied words with Senator Wadada but to keep mute and not say anything in the face of his unprovoked harangue and insult on the person of a fellow contestant, the former IGP Mohammed Abubakar Adamu is a disservice to the good people of Nasarawa State who we pledge our allegiance to.

“We therefore wish to seize this medium to condemn in all its entirety the unprovoked insults directed at the person of the former IGP Adamu by Senator Aliyu Wadada on Arise TV last Wednesday.

“As the senator himself acknowledged in that interview he was just playing politics. But must you play politics with something as serious as the safety and security of the lives and property of Nasarawa State? This is because security matter is not something that should be treated with kid gloves as Senator Wadada attempted to do on national television.

“There are a few points to ponder in that interview. With the benefit of hindsight Senator Wadada is not abreast with the salient fact that insecurity anywhere, however minor, is a threat in itself. Once there is security scar from any quarters, especially in a state, investment opportunities, growth and development, and even the daily hustle and bustle by the people in the informal sector is greatly undermined. In fact, every good thing takes flight once there is fear of insecurity anywhere.

“Nasarawa State, in North Central has since become a hotbed of crime with serious threat of banditry and civil unrest. This should bother anyone especially considering the fact that the state shares close proximity with the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. For a state eyeing investment opportunities from across the federation and abroad, it stands to reason that Nasarawa state needs to be secured, safe and sound for business to thrive to decide otherwise is a bad omen indeed.”

Expatiating, the group reiterated that the security of Nasarawa State deserves all the seriousness and attention at any given time and as such anybody who means for the state should not treat it as a child’s play. “The security of lives and property of the good of Nasarawa State is sacred and should not be regarded as something unimportant or secondary in the scheme of things. Senator Wadada should stop playing politics with the safety of lives. The Nasarawa people deserves better.”