Former Social Democratic Party (SDP) presidential candidate, Adewole Adebayo, has claimed that the Federal Government is responsible for the insecurity plaguing the nation.
Speaking during an appearance on Channels Television, he lamented that President Bola Tinubu has lost control of his administration.
He urged the government to confess that they are responsible for the security situation.
Adebayo argued that Nigeria cannot pretend to lack the tools to fight violent crime and tackle rising insecurity.
According to him, “The government needs to come out and confess the truth that they are enabling this insecurity, and they cannot pretend that they don’t have all the tools that it takes (to tackle insecurity).
“The first enemy of government is government. The first enemy of the people is the government. You cannot commit a crime and last one week, or one month, if you don’t have government people cooperating with you.”
He questioned how ransom money moves freely through the system, urging President Tinubu to urgently reorganise the security architecture.
According to the SDP stalwart, every local government already has at least one police division that should be ready to respond quickly to threats.
Adebayo also questioned the government’s operational priorities and wondered how armed groups execute mass abductions with such ease.
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