Defend Yourselves, Government Can't Do It - Ex-Minister of Defence, Danjuma Warns Nigerians
Israel Adeleke
OPEN TELEVISION NAIJA (OTN) News reports that the former minister of defence, Theophilus Danjuma, (TD) has asked Nigerians to take up the personal responsibility for their safety, adding that the government alone can not do it.
OTN News further reports that the ex-minister who said this while speaking in Takum LGA of Taraba state, said that recent incidents of kidnapping and violent attacks have further demonstrated that the government cannot be solely relied upon to protect citizens.
According to him, “I know we have a lot of problems, including security, as recently as two or three days ago,"
“We have experienced kidnapping, the threat of kidnapping will continue until we, every one of us, rise up and defend ourselves.
“It is quite clear the government alone cannot do it. I have warned a very long time ago, in a speech in Wukari, that our people must be prepared to defend themselves.
“That warning is as valid today as it was when I made it.” he said.
OTN News recalls the on Saturday the bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, asked President Bola Tinubu to rescue Nigerians from the “cross of evil”.
OTN News further recalls that in his 2025 Easter message titled ‘Mr President: Please bring us down from this cross’, Kukah said the country is bleeding from savagery and brutality “never witnessed in the history of our dear country”.
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