The first function of presidency, as said in part 14(2) of the Structure, is the safety and welfare of the individuals, for which the current authorities has failed woefully.

The horrendous expertise of the Prelate of the Methodist Church of Nigeria within the fingers of kidnappers has now uncovered the ineffectiveness and incompetence of the federal government within the space of safety.

Opposite to the barefaced propaganda of presidency, ransom was paid in an setting manned by troopers. The sum of N100 million was paid to the abductors in money in 5 Ghana should go luggage signifying the audacity and confidence of the abductors.

We can not proceed to stay in denial of the apparent failure or unwillingness of presidency to go after the abductors and terrorists.

The Prelate additionally said emphatically that his abductors weren’t IPOB members, opposite to the narratives that we now have been fed with in instances previous. With out justifying the excesses and criminalities being perpetrated by some IPOB members, it’s clear that the problem of crime is just not restricted to tribe or specific part of the nation.

It’s for presidency to rise as much as the problem of combating it fairly than spinning falsehood that victims don’t pay ransom or that the insecurity within the South-East is traceable to IPOB alone.

With the essential info offered by the Prelate, the federal government and the safety businesses ought to unmask the abductors, the financial institution warehousing the cash and their technique of communication.

There is no such thing as a method criminals can overrun any authorities if there’s willingness to sort out them headlong.

Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN
Lekki, Lagos.
01/06/2022