Bandits Attack: Presidency Blasts Obasanjo Over Recent Comment, "Very Individuals Who Looked Away"
- The Presidency has replied to Olusegun Obasanjo over his recent comments about the state of insecurity in the country
- The former president had said that Nigerians have the right to seek foreign intervention over rising insecurity in the land
- President Bola Tinubu's aide, Sunday Dare, mentioned what Obasanjo should do rather than blasting the federal government
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FCT, Abuja - The Presidency said Olusegun Obasanjo’s comment on the state of insecurity in the country is both hypocritical and ignoble.
Legit.ng previously reported that the former president condemned the Federal Government over the state of insecurity in the country.
Source: Twitter
Obasanjo neither condemned nor supported the US President Donald Trump's threat to launch a military operation in Nigeria.
However, the former president defended those calling for a foreign invasion in Nigeria to stop the insecurity in the country.
Sunday Dare, Special Adviser on Media and Public Communication to President Bola Tinubu, condemned the attempt to paint Tinubu’s administration as 'unable to protect Nigerians'.
Dare said Obasanjo and some presidential aspirants ignored the hard truth in their comments, as Nigeria is facing terrorists by every definition - international, regional, or local.
In a statement issued via his X handle @SundayDareSD on Sunday, November 30, 2025, the presidential aide claimed Obasanjo had looked away when Boko Haram started under his watch as Nigeria’s president.
“Yet the very individuals who looked away when these threats first sprouted now want to sit in judgment. Nigerians know better. The suggestion that Nigeria should effectively subcontract its internal security to foreign governments is not statesmanship; it is capitulation. Before recommending surrender, the former President should reflect on what he failed to do when these terrorists first began organising under his watch.”
He further stated that Obasanjo should rather use his position and connections to assist Nigeria, as he has done for other countries.
“If Obasanjo wishes to help, he should acknowledge the past failures that allowed terrorists to gain a foothold, and then support ongoing efforts, not undermine them. Let him put his position and connections at Nigeria’s disposal as he has done for other countries, not seek to put down an administration that is fully engaging on many fronts: economic turnaround, providing security, and building key infrastructure.”
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Recall that Obasanjo had claimed that the United States of America could not do anything in Africa without his knowledge.
The former president said the late US President Jimmy Carter would inform him before making any decision on the continent.
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Legit.ng also previously reported that the US House Subcommittee on Africa had held preparations for a public hearing to review President Donald Trump’s redesignation of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern.
President Tinubu had rejected Trump’s claims of a Christian persecution, amid reports of witnesses being scheduled to testify before US lawmakers on alleged targeted attacks on Christian communities in the country.
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