Atiku: Worsening insecurity caused by political leadership failure

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has attributed the spate of insecurity across the country to the failure of political leadership.

Atiku said this while playing host to political stakeholders from Borno State, led Mohammed Kumalia, in Abuja on Tuesday, September 16, 2025.

The former vice president also expressed delight at how political leaders are coming together from across political divides to salvage the country from the current deplorable situation.

“It is encouraging to see that more people, especially political leaders across the country, are increasingly becoming concerned about the deteriorating state of the Nigerian nation to the extent of engaging in finding solutions, round the clock,” he stated.

Atiku, according to a statement issued on Wednesday by his spokesman, Paul Ibe, noted that the deep conversation that he had with the Borno leaders centred more on the current worsening insecurity in the country, especially int the northern part of Nigeria.

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Atiku added: “The consensus is that the occupation of Nigerian territories across some parts of  North East, North West, and North Central states is a clear failure of political leadership, especially under the Tinubu-led APC Federal Government.

“It is not anything that is beyond the capacity of the Nigerian security services to deal with. The government hasn’t shown the capacity to deal with it. Unless we have a leadership that can confront all these criminal structures and deal with it decisively, you can’t resolve these issues.

“How can a whole local government be under the control of bandits? It is unacceptable that bandits or terrorists continue to take over communities, imposing levies on citizens and disrupting farming activities.

“I believe that with the right political leadership, Nigerian security forces have the capacity to take on the insecurity confronting the country. It has become urgent for citizens to unite and rescue Nigeria.”

Atiku expressed his appreciation to the Borno stakeholders for their show of concern about the state of the nation and expressed readiness to support efforts aimed at restoring the peace and economic prosperity of the country.

The Star