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Obasanjo Says Tinubu Govt Has Failed, Nigerians ‘Have Right To Call On International Community’ For Protection
Now we have drones. You can take them out. Why are we not doing that? Why are we apologising? Why are we negotiating?
Jos, Plateau State- Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has taken a hard swipe at President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration, declaring that Nigerians are justified in seeking help from the international community as the government has “proved incapable” of safeguarding lives across the country.
Speaking in Jos during a public programme, Obasanjo lamented the worsening insecurity and accused the Tinubu government of failing to deploy available technology—particularly drones—to neutralise dangerous armed groups tormenting communities nationwide.
Obasanjo said Nigeria now has the technological capability to locate, track and eliminate violent criminals without risking the lives of security personnel, yet such tools remain underutilised.
“No matter your religion, no matter where you come from or what profession you belong to, we Nigerians are being killed and our governments seem incapable of protecting us,” Obasanjo said.
“We are part of the world community. If our government cannot do it, we have the right to call on the international community to do for us what our government cannot do for us.”
The former president also rejected the growing trend of politicising killings based on region, tribe or religion.
“For anybody to say because those who are being killed belong to this region or that tribe, and then others too are being killed — that cannot be an acceptable excuse,” he warned.
Obasanjo recalled that during his time in office, security agencies had the capacity to track suspects nationwide but lacked the tools to carry out direct extraction. He said Nigeria now possesses advanced technology, including drones, to neutralise dangerous groups — yet fails to use them.
“Before I left government, we could identify and locate criminals anywhere in Nigeria. What we lacked was the capacity to pick them up without moving on land or air,” he said.
“Now we have drones. You can take them out. Why are we not doing that? Why are we apologising? Why are we negotiating?”
