The 2023 Labour Party vice-presidential candidate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, has faulted President Bola Tinubu’s nationwide security emergency, insisting that the administration “missed the point.”
He said that the Nigeria Police—if freed from corruption and political interference—can end terrorism and banditry on its own.
Speaking during an interview on Thursday, Baba-Ahmed said the President’s approach, particularly the plan to rapidly recruit tens of thousands of new security personnel, is misguided.
According to him, Nigeria’s security problem “is not about numbers” but about addressing corruption within the security architecture.