Insecurity: Tinubu Not Interested In Stopping Killings, His Words Meaningless – Lawyer
Human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has slammed the President Bola Tinubu’s administration over the rising insecurity in Nigeria.
Effiong accused the presidency of being uninterested in addressing the rising tide of insecurity sweeping across the country.
The lawyer claims the Tinubu-led government has not done enough to resolve the security challenges, accusing it of choosing to keep a keen eye on politics ahead of the 2027 general elections instead.
Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Tuesday, Effiong said: “If, at a minimum, we do want to agree that the state has failed, we should be able to agree that Nigeria is failing and it’s failing at an accelerated rate because today we have a commander-in-chief that is not even commanding the Boy Scouts.
“We have a commander-in-chief whose words, whose orders, are almost meaningless. What the president is doing is welcoming decampees, he is celebrating governors who are transiting from PDP, from LP, governors and lawmakers to the APC. That is what excites him. I have not seen that passion from this president to stop the killings.”
He added, “I would never accept that the Nigerian government does not have the capacity to stop these things because how many are they, members of Boko haram, ISWAP, the so-called bandits who are actually terrorists, how many are they?”
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It would be recalled that scores of students were abducted in Niger and Kebbi states, with 38 worshippers who have now been freed taken away in Kwara.
However, Effiong does not see Tinubu’s efforts as enough, questioning why the former Lagos State governor did not do more.
He said, “First, he has not visited the victims. Is the vice president the commander-in-chief, and when the vice president went to Kebbi, what did he achieve?
“Yesterday or two days ago, an announcement was made that this same president has ordered that policemen will be withdrawn from all the VIPs in Nigeria so that policemen can be redirected to fight insecurity.”
Olamilekan Adigun is a graduate of Mass Communication with years of experience in journalism embedded in uncovering human interest stories. He also prioritises accuracy and factual reportage of issues.
