Why Should Politicians Be Bringing Politics Into Security Matters? Enough Of This – Ooni Of Ife Warns

Sunnex Egbu

2 hours ago

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has condemned the politicisation of the current insecurity challenges.

Naijaonpoint reports that Ooni, during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Friday, said the traditional institution would collaborate with political leaders to make Nigeria better for all.

The monarch also said that the entire South-West region has thrown its weight behind President Bola Tinubu to address Nigeria’s security challenges.

He said, “God has brought our leader, the current President, President Bola Tinubu, to lead us. Traditional leaders are not talking about politics; we are talking about how to save our people and our race.

“That is way beyond politics. So, for us, we have concluded; the entire South-West to pass a vote of confidence on President Bola Tinubu.

“We need to support him to save Nigeria; it’s very important. You condemn this leader, you condemn that leader. So, which one are you going to use eventually?

“All these politicians have been there from Day One. What have they done? Nigeria is bigger than them. It’s not their personal entitlement. It is not their heritage; it is the heritage of the people living here.

“Why should they be bringing politics into security matters? Enough of this.”

The Ooni of Ife also warned against sinking the nation for political gain, saying Nigeria’s interests should be paramount.

He added, “What we’ve realised, and it’s the truth, is that Nigeria is bigger than all of us. And we are the people who are involved in the country, Nigeria, and we need to protect everything that has to do with the country.

“We traditional rulers, the traditional institution, we’re the closest to our people. We know the good, the bad, and the ugly. It’s very important now we need to actually close the ranks with our political leaders.

“It is very obvious they cannot do it alone. We need to work with them. It’s about time for all of us to realise that we can’t in any way sink our nation because of politics.

“Why are we in this situation? It is because of politics. Nigeria was, at some point, very safe. You could go to the north, you could go to the south. We never had problems of banditry.”