Recently, the spate of insecurity and continued killings in Plateau and Benue States have attracted the attention of prominent politicians including opinion leaders. In this interview, the leader of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, and its 2023 presidential candidate, Prince Adewole Adebayo, says insecurity is a sign of poor governance, asking the government to get to the root cause in addressing the challenges. He thinks President Tinubu should be held responsible for the continued insecurity in the land. Excerpts:
Insecurity/ ethnic massacre: Many prominent Nigerians have argued that the people should carry arms to defend themselves, what’s your view on this?
I run on the platform of Farewell to Poverty and Insecurity, so we’ve always known that poverty and insecurity go together. Insecurity has taken a negative dimension, and now we are producing children graduating from university who grew up in an environment with no safety.