A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has called on Nigerians to support President Bola Tinubu, in the fight against insecurity in the country and stop negative criticism that can distract him.
Oyintiloye, while speaking with newsmen yesterday in Osogbo, said that the rate of insecurity in the country was becoming alarming, saying the development called for a sober reflection.
He said that this was a period Nigerians needed to rally around the president and his administration to find a common solution to the various insecurity challenges facing the country.
Oyintiloye, a former member of the defunct APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), who condemned the recent killings, banditry, terrorism, kidnapping, and other criminalities by men of the underworld across the country, said that there was no doubt that the president was doing everything humanly possible to restore peace to the country.
According to him, this is a trying period for all Nigerians, who are saddened by the latest multiple killings and kidnappings ravaging the country.
He said that Nigerians must take solace in God, while the government fashion out strategies to address the situation, instead of negative criticism that will not solve the problem.
“No one is happy with the recent killing, banditry, terrorism, kidnapping other criminalities across the country, but negative criticism and names 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, religion, or tribe, and give the present administration 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”, he said.
Oyintiloye, a former lawmaker commended the president for prompt approval of funds to the security agencies for the purchase of modern equipment to fight insecurity.
He said the recent release of the N50bn security vote to five northern states was a show of commitment by the president to minimise the spate of insecurity, but we need to extend the gesture across the country.
The APC Chieftain, however, called on the president to look into developing security architectural frameworks that are community-based.
