Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar says the nation’s
security forces have the capacity to eliminate bandits.
Speaking on Tuesday during a meeting with stakeholders from
Borno, led by Mohammed Kumalia, a former member of the house of
representatives, Abubakar said President Bola Tinubu is not providing the right
leadership needed to tackle insecurity in the country.
“It is encouraging to see that more people, especially
political leaders across the country, are increasingly becoming concerned about
the deteriorating state of the Nigerian nation to the extent of engaging in
finding solutions round the clock,” Abubakar said.
Insecurity in the country has surged, with bandits
reportedly controlling certain areas and extorting residents.
The former vice-president blamed the situation on alleged
Tinubu’s leadership failure.
“The consensus is that the occupation of Nigerian
territories across some parts of north-east, north-west, and north-central
states is a clear failure of political leadership, especially under the
Tinubu-led APC Federal Government,” he said.
“It is not anything that is beyond the capacity of the
Nigerian security services to deal with. The government hasn’t shown the
capacity to deal with it.
“Unless we have a leadership that can confront all these
criminal structures and deal with them decisively, you can’t resolve these
issues.
“How can a whole local government be under the control of
bandits? It is unacceptable that bandits or terrorists continue to take over
communities, imposing levies on citizens and disrupting farming activities.”
Abubakar added that with the “right political leadership,
Nigerian security forces have the capacity to take on the insecurity
confronting the country”.
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