Former Sports Minister Solomon Dalung has accused the Tinubu administration of lacking the political will to tackle insecurity, saying terrorists operate freely while the government focuses on politics and the 2027 elections, according to Arise Television.
Former Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung, has launched a blistering attack on President Bola Tinubu’s administration, accusing it of failing to confront Nigeria’s worsening insecurity despite possessing the resources to do so.
Speaking on Arise Television, Dalung argued that the government appears more concerned about political calculations ahead of the 2027 elections than the daily killings and abductions taking place across the country. He also alleged that powerful political cabals continue to influence decision-making at the highest levels.
Dalung’s Key Criticisms
- Lack of political will to tackle insecurity
- Government allegedly prioritising 2027 politics
- Poor coordination among security agencies
- Continued kidnappings and terrorist attacks
- Limited impact of foreign security partnerships
- Economic reforms yet to improve citizens’ lives
“Government seems not to have the political will to deal with it,” Dalung stated. “They have all the gadgets to track anybody who criticises the government — they can pick him up in the next five minutes. But they don’t have equipment to track terrorists who display huge phones in the forest, behead teachers, abduct schoolchildren, torture them in the forest, produce videos and send.”
Sahara Reporters reports that the former minister also dismissed recent calls for citizens to unite against terrorism, describing them as evidence of official helplessness. He claimed security agencies operate in silos rather than sharing intelligence effectively, allowing terrorists to establish what he called a “parallel forest economy.”
On the economy, Dalung said Tinubu’s much-publicised reforms have failed to deliver tangible benefits to ordinary Nigerians. “Three years into his tenure, it is just blame game and rhetorics of reforms — reforms that no single iota of the benefit has trickled down,” he said, warning that the 2027 elections could trigger intense political realignments across the country.
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