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Ribadu was told to immediately resign as National Security Adviser amid Tinubu’s Presidency.

April 27, 2025

Ribadu was told to immediately resign as National Security Adviser amid Tinubu’s Presidency.

Maxwell Opara, a top Abuja-based lawyer, has said Nuhu Ribadu’s recent comment that Nigeria’s security situation is not too bad should have led to his resignation if the country were a functioning democracy.

It was reported that with over 150 people reportedly killed in the past two weeks alone, Opara said it is unconscionable to claim that the country is doing well on security and Tinubu adviser should step down.

The legal practitioner pleaded with Ribadu, the national security adviser; and the minister of defence of Tinubu, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar; to step down.

He said Ribadu’s assessment of the security situation is starkly at odds with the harsh reality on the ground. Legit.ng recalls that Ribadu said his principal, Bola Tinubu, inherited an “extremely bad government”, adding that fixing the country would take time.

Ribadu noted that in terms of security, “we are addressing the issues; to harm is easy, but to fix things takes time.” The NSA spoke during a security meeting with stakeholders at the Benue Government House in Makurdi while commiserating with the people of the state over the spate of killings and renewed attacks. ‘Ribadu, others have failed the north’ – Opara But reacting to Ribadu’s remarks in a recent interview with Arise News, Barrister Opara said.

“All those things are what I call political statements. One expected him (Ribadu) to address the issue squarely. What have you been doing to make sure that there is nothing like Almajiri in Kaduna state? All those schools where you see children schooling under mango trees, where there are no classrooms, chairs, no facilities, what are you doing to ensure that all those amenities are in the school? These are the things that we expected you (the current federal government) to do, not coming out to tell us what we know.”

Opara added: “All of them, ranging from their father, Muhammadu Buhari, Atiku Abubakar, Nasir El-Rufai, have failed the people of the north.”