Babachir Lawal, a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF has knocked the Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration of incapable of tackling insecurity in the country. He said his government has performed abysmally in the area of keeping the country safe.
The former federal government scribe said Tinubu’s predecessors, Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari showed capacity in tackling the security problems headlong, saying the problem has worsen under the incumbent.
Lawal spoke on Channels Television ‘Politics Today’ on Monday amid worries among Nigeria and international community of the spate of violence across the country particularly in the north, where bandits and Boko Haram terrorists are killing Nigerians.
The spate of insecurity in the country drew the attention of the United States, US President Donald Trump recently when when accused the federal government of incapacity in tackling the problem, particularly the alleged Christians genocide. The US leader had threatened to use military force against Nigeria if the government failed to take action.
The former SGF said his state Adamawa had experienced serious insecurity since Tinubu came to office, saying civilians and soldiers are now being killed at will by the terrorists, who also sack communities after attacking them.
“Past governments were better, more accommodating. They served Nigerians better in the sense of equity, intention to fight corruption, and being fair and just.
“Even in the sense of insecurity, Goodluck Jonathan fought insecurity. Buhari took over and did; this government is not interested in that,” he said.
He questioned the president and National Security Adviser, NSA Nuhu Ribadu’s ability to rein in the worsening insecurity problem in the country, saying the situation has got worse since the incumbent took over power in 2023.
Lawal: “I don’t see what work he [Ribadu] is doing. If I see what work he is doing, I will tell you.
“If I see results of what they are doing, I will say it. It won’t hurt me.
“I know soldiers are out there, some are losing their lives, quite a lot of them are from my community who have come back dead. I know them.
“Why are they losing their lives? Because the system that ought to support them has failed.
“When you send the soldier into the battle with an old, antiquated rifle that can only hold 20 ammunition and is facing an enemy that has one kilometre of bullets, you shoot one, it jams.”
Lawal was SGF under the administration of President Buhari but was later sacked from office over alleged corruption.
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