Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, a federal legislator, has criticized his fellow National Assembly members for how they have handled the country’s security issue.
Speaking during plenary on Wednesday, Abaribe asserted that his colleagues frequently focus on the past rather than the present.
He claimed that members of the ruling party consistently find ways to compare the level of insecurity in 2025 to that of 2015, when the PDP was in power.
He maintained that since the two situations of insecurity are distinct, this is not required.
Abaribe further criticized President Bola Tinubu for not using his position as “Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces” to look into the Kebbi state governor’s allegations that a higher authority had ordered troops to leave Maga village before to the kidnapping of the 25 schoolgirls by bandits.
He said, “We are being told to be patriotic every day.” Here, we’re being told not to speak up against… “Oh, you should talk about the past and concentrate on the present,” we are being instructed.
However, on this floor, instead of concentrating on what we are meant to discuss, we go back to mention things like “Oh, the Chibok girls happened in 2015, and oh, we are now rescuing people.” At that moment, no people were saved.
“17 local governments in Katsina did not have parallels with bandits during Chibok.” In Kebbi, people were just moving to the metropolitan regions to remain, not all of the rural ones. There were no abductions in Niger.
Therefore, why do we always need to discuss today’s problems and then turn back to find justifications for today’s shortcomings?
“Let’s take the proper action. We don’t hold this administration responsible for its current situation, but because it is in charge, they ought to act morally.
