Ozigbo Tells Tinubu To Move Decisively Against Insecurity
Mr Valentine Ozigbo, Immediate Past President and Group CEO, Transcorp Plc and a former governorship candidate in Anambra has called on President Bola Tinubu to launch a decisive national campaign against insecurity.
Ozigbo, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra who made the call in a letter to the President said he was pained by the cycles of violence, fear, and preventable tragedy Nigeria was going through.
He said the abduction of students in Kebbi State, murder and kidnap of worshippers in Kwara state, kidnap of travellers and killing of a senior military officer by bandits were open wounds on the conscience of the nation.
He said though it was not an easy task, the president must rise above the noise of politics and embrace the quiet courage of leadership as the buck stopped on his table.
“I therefore call for a decisive national campaign against insecurity, Nigeria does not lack brave men and women in uniform, we do not lack intelligence or lack equipment.
“A nation cannot negotiate with those who have chosen war against civilisation, so draw the red line and make it clear that nothing would shield anyone who sponsors or protects terrorists.
“I call for a structural solution, the Orange Union Model which recognises Nigeria as a union of nations, one defence, one foreign policy, one currency, but with regional autonomy that unleashes innovation, competition, and justice.
“We must also confront a harder truth, a compromised judiciary does not emerge in a vacuum, it emerges when political actors normalise impunity, no nation governed by transactional justice can ever know peace,” he said.
Ozigbo advocated democracy with a strong opposition, noting that Nigeria’s democracy faced a danger of the ruling party going unchecked.
He called for a political solution in the matter of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and expressed confidence that his release would calm the Southeast and open doors for national healing.
“Even if he erred, nations are healed through mercy, not martyrdom.
“Mr President, Nigeria has reached an inflection point, crisis can either consume a nation or awaken it, the choice, ultimately, is leadership.
“I believe, deeply, that Nigeria can still rise. And I believe that if you choose courage over caution, history will look kindly on your tenure,” he said.
