Tinubu: Political sponsorship behind rising insecurity in Nigeria – Orji Kalu

Former Abia State Governor and current Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has raised concerns over the escalating wave of killings and abductions across Nigeria, alleging that the insecurity is politically orchestrated.

Speaking on the country’s deteriorating security situation, Kalu claimed that violent attacks carried out by bandits in various regions are being sponsored by certain politicians with the goal of destabilizing President Bola Tinubu’s administration.

He argued that the same individuals allegedly attempted to sabotage former President Goodluck Jonathan, insisting that their goal is to ensure Tinubu’s government fails.

“What we are seeing is always a routine, something that goes with the elections, and when you have an election, people will try to pressure the government in power for all kinds of things to start happening.

“And you can remember when President Jonathan was here, a similar thing happened,” he said on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics.

“They put a lot of pressure on the President.

“And the terrorists and the bandits are orchestrated by some members of the international community and local people who really want to destabilise the government,” he added.

According to the Abia senator, what Nigerians are witnessing is “something that goes with the elections,” when people try to pressure the government in power “for all kinds of things to start happening”.

“And the terrorists and the bandits are orchestrated by some members of the international community and local people who really want to destabilise the government,” he stated.

He, however, said that President Tinubu had shown that he was equal to the task.

“But I’m sure you can see that President Tinubu is equal to the task; for the first time, you see the president cancelling all his engagements.

“Today is Sunday, and he faced security challenges. He faced everything about security,” Kalu said.

“Those [abducted] girls will be recovered. The government is making every effort to make sure these people are recovered, and it’s because of a few announcements internationally and locally, talking about Nigeria’s insecurity. I’m sure it’s not the best of times for us.

“It’s not a very good time for Nigerian people and Nigerian citizens. Our service chiefs, our security operatives have gone fully on duty to see what they can do,” he added.