Former Deputy Nationwide Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has known as on President Bola Tinubu to instantly sack Nigeria’s safety chiefs over what he described as the federal government’s failure to curb the worsening insecurity throughout the nation.
In an announcement issued on Sunday in Abuja, Frank expressed outrage over the killing of Nigerian troopers in Borno State by suspected Boko Haram insurgents, saying the incident mirrored a complete collapse of the nation’s safety structure.
He stated Nigerians had been being “killed like chickens every day throughout the North, South, East, and West,” regardless of enormous budgetary allocations to the defence sector.
His phrases: “Our troopers and policemen are dying in massive numbers as a result of poor funding and lack of correct gear.
“Regardless of large budgetary allocations to the safety sector, the funds don’t attain the women and men on the entrance traces.”
Frank stated the killings have attracted international concern and counseled former U.S. President Donald Trump and Senator Ted Cruz for his or her “ethical braveness” in condemning the violence in Nigeria.
“We commend President Donald Trump for his concern and ethical braveness in talking towards the killings of Nigerians.
“We equally commend Senator Ted Cruz for lending his voice to those injustices,” he acknowledged.
Frank urged the U.S. authorities and different worldwide companions to accentuate stress on the Tinubu administration to launch Nnamdi Kanu, chief of the Indigenous Individuals of Biafra (IPOB).
“This administration can’t proceed to barter with terrorists whereas detaining harmless and peaceable Nigerians.
“We name on the worldwide group, particularly the U.S. authorities, to intervene and pressurise President Tinubu to launch Nnamdi Kanu instantly,” he stated.
He additionally praised Omoyele Sowore, presidential candidate of the African Motion Congress (AAC) within the 2023 elections, for his continued advocacy for Kanu’s launch.