Insecurity: President Tinubu needs our collective support not negative criticism, says APC Chieftain

Hon. Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, on Sunday called on Nigerians to support President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in his fight against insecurity in the country.

The APC chieftain while speaking with newsmen in Osogbo, said that the spate of insecurity in the country was “becoming alarming and this call for a sober reflection.”

Oyintiloye appealed to Nigerians to collectively rally round the President Tinubu and his administration towards finding a lasting solution to the various insecurity challenges in the country.

Oyintiloye, a former member of the APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), condemned the recent killings, banditry, kidnapping, terrorism and other criminalities in the country.

He said the President Tinubu was doing everything humanly possible to restore peace to the country, urging Nigerians to desist from negative criticism that can distract him.

“This is a trying period for all Nigerians, who are greatly sad with the latest multiple killings and kidnapping ravaging the country,” he noted.

Oyintiloye, who was a former lawmaker, urged Nigerians to take solace in God and design a better way of addressing the situation, instead of negative criticism that will not solve the problem.

According to him, “no one is happy with the recent killings, banditry, kidnapping and other criminalities across the country, but negative criticism and name-calling by the leaders of the opposition parties is not the way forward.

“What we need at this critical period is for us as stakeholders to come together, irrespective of our political affiliation, religious or tribe and give the present administration the needed boost and encouragement.

“Security is a collective responsibility of everyone and that is why I am appealing to leaders of the opposition parties to stop playing cheap politics with security issues and narratives that can divide the country.”

Oyintiloye commended President Tinubu for the prompt approval of funds to security agencies for the purchase of modern equipment to fight insecurity.

He noted that the N50 billion recently released as security vote to five Northern States was a commitment by President Tinubu to minimise the spate of insecurity, but we need to extent the gesture across the country.

Oyintiloye, who noted that the primary responsibility of any government was to protect lives and property, said that was the more reason the larger percentage of 2024 budget was committed to security.

The APC Chieftain, however, called on President Tinubu to look into developing security architectural framework that are community based.

He called for bottom-up approach security framework that would integrate every social strata of the society, traditional rulers, religious leaders, non conventional security groups and opinion leaders in assisting security agencies in combating insecurity in their domains.

Oyintiloye advised President Tinubu to ensure that state governors who are the Chief Security Officer in their respective states, rise to the occasion by nip insecurity in the bud with the creation of community security network to complement the security agencies.