Insecurity Under Buhari Poorly Managed—Defence Minister

<h4>Insecurity Under Buhari Poorly Managed<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that the Minister of State for Defence&comma; Bello Matawalle&comma; has accused former President Muhammadu Buhari of poor management of insecurity in the country&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Muhammadu Buhari&comma; a retired Army General&comma; was a former military Head of State between December 31&comma; 1983 and August 27&comma; 1985&period; He returned as Nigeria’s democratically elected President in 2015 and completed a two tenure of eight years in 2023&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking before Senate Committee on Defence&comma; Matawalle said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;As a former Governor of Zamfara State&comma; I know what I have gone through on the issue of insecurity&comma; particularly banditry which is new to us in the North West&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The issue of Boko Haram is not new in the North East and our system&comma; but because of what has transpired in previous government&comma; the issue was not taken seriously to tackle&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Today&comma; actions are being made and operations taken on such criminals&period; The issue of security needs collective cooperation from state&comma; local governments and Federal Government for Nigerians&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We need key legislations on insecurity&period; It is gradually going down&comma; we just received two attack helicopters to strengthen the battle against insecurity&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;22725" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-22725" style&equals;"width&colon; 240px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-22725" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;10&sol;Tinubu-240x300&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Insecurity Under Buhari Poorly Managed---Defence Minister" width&equals;"240" height&equals;"300" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-22725" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Bola Ahmed Tinubu &comma; President of Nigeria<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;