National Coordinator of the Obidient Movement Worldwide, Yunusa Tanko, has described President Bola Tinubu’s visit to Benue State over the incessant herdsmen attack as a belated reaction.
Naijaonpoint reports that Tanko, in interview on Eagle 102.5 FM, Ilese Ijebu, criticised Tinubu’s administration over a pattern of indifference to the rising levels of violence and insecurity in various parts of the country.
He lamented that the federal government, rather than proposing long-term security measures, simply provides food palliatives and relief supplies in response to mass massacres.
Tanko insisted that the country’s security challenges are deeply rooted and have been mishandled across multiple administrations.
The leader of the Obidient Movement further called Tinubu to declare a national state of emergency on security, emphasising that only a bold, strategic approach can reverse the trend
He said, “For us in the Obidient Movement, this is a belated visit. It is not the first time these kinds of attacks are happening. They have occurred repeatedly in Sokoto, Zamfara, Borno, and Benue, yet what we see is inaction until lives have been lost.
“Nobody has been arrested. Has anyone asked why the attacks happened? Have the victims been asked to tell their stories?” he queried.
“Noodles is not the solution to insecurity. It’s a shame that when Nigerians are being slaughtered, the government’s response is to show up late with cartons of food. Do the lives of Nigerians not matter at all?.
“This issue is not new to the security surf of Nigeria. Insecurity did not start with this government, we know that. Neither did it start with the administration of former President Buhari. It’s been happening since the time of President Goodluck Jonathan when the Boko Haram insurgents were active, and it continued under Muhammadu Buhari. The problem was never uprooted from the grassroots.”