The National Chairman of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has criticised the administration of President Bola Tinubu, saying Nigerians no longer trust its sincerity in addressing
insecurity and other national challenges.
Baba-Ahmed made the remarks on Friday during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today, where he accused the Federal Government of pursuing security reforms for political rather than genuine national interest.
According to him, Nigerians have lost
confidence in the government’s ability to effectively tackle public security issues.
“It is not necessarily an opposition thing. It is a Nigerian thing. Nigerians have no faith in the sincerity of this administration. They have very little trust that this administration is sincere about dealing with public security,” he said.
The PRP chairman argued that Nigeria’s challenges go beyond policing and require broad constitutional and institutional restructuring.
He stated that the country is currently struggling across ethnic, regional, ideological, and geographical lines, insisting that only comprehensive reforms can address its deep-rooted problems.
“Our party, the PRP, has committed to restructuring this country. We genuinely believe Nigeria needs to be restructured and should be restructured,” he said.
While acknowledging the need for police reforms, Baba-Ahmed warned against what he described as an “opportunistic piecemeal approach,” insisting that d
eeper structural changes are necessary.
He also referenced the 2020 #EndSARS protests, saying they exposed major failures within Nigeria’s policing system.
“Policing Nigeria has failed so badly that we need structural reform in the policing system,” he said.
Baba-Ahmed further alleged that some of the proposed security measures could be politically motivated ahead of the 2027 general elections.
“The opposition is saying to the government and to Nigerians, watch what is going on. They are creating the impression that they are solving a major security problem, but actually they want to achieve a political end,” he alleged.
He maintained that the Federal Government already has sufficient constitutional powers and security institutions—including the police, military, and intelligence agencies—to improve security if properly deployed.
Baba-Ahmed urged the government to focus on comprehensive reforms that address the root causes of insecurity rather than measures that could be seen as politically driven.
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