There was a mild drama on the floor of the red chamber yesterday when Senator Oluremi Tinubu questioned the loyalty of a fellow All Progressive Congress (APC) legislator, Smart Adeyemi, for being critical of the Buhari administration while speaking on the insecurity in the country.
The insecurity plaguing the country has taken a turn for the worse recently, with a spike in banditry, wanton killings, insurgency and allied criminality.
The governor of Niger State, Sani Bello, while lamenting that his state has been overrun by insurgents stressed that Boko Haram has hoisted its flag in Shiroro LGA of the state.
He warned the Federal Government that the deadly group is gradually making an inroad into Abuja, the seat of power, which according to Bello ‘is just two-hour drive from Kaure” one of the towns now in the clutches of the terrorist group.
Contributing to the motion on the security challenges that the country is grappling with, Adeyemi, who burst into tears, said the country is facing the worst instability since the civil war.
“This is the worst instability we are facing. In fact this is worse than the civil war,” he said.
But Tinubu, who was obviously not comfortable with his colleague’s submissions, interrupted him, asking: “Are you in PDP (Peoples Democratic Party)? Are you a wolf in sheep’s clothing?”
Adeyemi, however, ignored her and said amidst tears that, “We cannot pretend that we are capable of handling the situation in our hands.
“We shouldn’t pretend that we need foreign support now. Billions of naira have been voted for security services and nothing is coming out.
“I’m a party man and I’m supporting the APC, but it has got to a point that as supporters we cannot keep quiet.”
