It’s Irresponsible To Say Nigeria Is Safer Today Former APC Spokesman Replies Lai Mohammed

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Tuesday, berated the Minister of Information, Lai Mo­hammed over comments that Nigeria is safer under Pres­ident Muhammadu Buhari.

Describing the Minister’s statement as irresponsible, Frank pointed out that Nigeria is today beset with the worst form of insecurity in her history.

Frank was reacting to a statement by the Information Minister, where he boasted at a news conference in Abuja, that ‘despite the rising secu­rity challenges facing the na­tion, that Nigeria is still safer under President Muhamma­du Buhari better than what he met on assumption of of­fice in 2015.’

According to the former APC spokesperson, the Minister’s claim was misleading, false and irresponsible.

The Bayelsa-born political activist, in a statement insist­ed that the country is not only faced with threats from Boko Haram but that the killings, kidnappings and communal clashes orchestrated by killer herdsmen have worsened under Buhari.

He lamented that the APC government led by Buhari has unfortunately embold­ened the herdsmen to con­tinue their heinous crimes against innocent Nigerians by using the instrument of state to shield them from prosecution.

He noted that the “refus­al by the security agencies to arrest and prosecute the killer herdsmen smacks of complicity.

“There is no region in the country where these herds­men reside that there are no killings, raping of women, kidnappings and destruc­tion of farmlands. The most recent is in the South West.

“Nigerians can recall what these murderous herdsmen did in Benue state, where they killed scores and de­clared war on the people. The kidnap of over 350 Kankara schoolboys in Katsina State and the payment of huge ransom by the government to secure their release is a recent memory.”