Insecurity: Nigeria No Longer Record Incessant Bombings – Presidency

Presidency says Nigeria has recorded significant improvement in the area of security under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.

Speaking during a Channels TV programme on Sunday, Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, implored Nigerians to show gratitude to President Buhari over the successes of security agencies in tackling security challenges bedeviling the country.

Recall that one of the core electioneering mantra of Buhari when contesting for president was to tackle  Nigeria’s security challenges head on, but situation of things regarding that aspect has left much to be desired as many believed things have deteriorated.

There have been reports of attacks and abduction in recent months while a number of villages across the north-west and north-central have been ravaged by terror unleashed by bandits and Boko Haram insurgents.

The attackers have gone as far as kidnapping students while traditional rulers and politicians have been targeted and killed.

Adesina, however, said the security situation has improved compared to “when bombs went off like firecrackers every day” before President Muhammadu Buhari came to power.

“Patience must be a continuous thing. There are certain things in which you don’t have control of all the variables. If you don’t have all the variables, you don’t then begin to give timelines,” he said.

“And security is not one of those things that you will give a timeline to say by this time to this time, we will achieve this. “All over the world, security is a continuous thing and even the most advanced countries are still working at it.”

The presidential spokesman said the spate of attacks by Boko Haram insurgents has reduced from about five bombings daily to none in almost two months.

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“There are times, a week, two weeks even a month that you don’t have all these things happening. There was a time in the immediate past when they happened daily several times,” he said.

“You talked of one bombing within three or four days. There was a time in this country when bombs went off like firecrackers every day.

“There could be five, six bombings in one day. Now, you can have two, three months with no single case of bombing. Let’s be thankful for small mercies. Any mercies we receive, let’s be thankful for it, and let’s not dwell on negatives alone.

“Life is taking the rough and smooth together. So, sometimes we see when things go on for days, for weeks with no negative developments, let us emphasise those ones. We have challenges but these are not the constants in the country.”