Nwuche to traditional rulers: Be consistent, non-selective in condemning insecurity

Commends Tinubu on state police push … Urges Nigerians to support President’s re-election bid By Clifford Ndujihe FORMER Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives and Chairman of the Governing Board of the South-South Development Commission, SSDC, Prince Chibudom Nwuche, has urged traditional rulers and ethnic leaders to be consistent and non-selective in condemning insecurity, regardless of the administration in power. Nwuche, in a statement, commended the Emir of Katsina, Alhaji Abdulmumini Kabir Usman, for speaking out against insecurity and its devastating impact on farming, economic activities and industrial development in Northern Nigeria.

However, he urged the monarch to extend similar counsel to political leaders across party, ethnic and regional divides, questioning why comparable public expressions of concern were not heard during the eight-year administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari, when insecurity remained a major national challenge. The Emir had reportedly raised concerns about farmers’ inability to access their farmlands and the deteriorating economic and industrial situation in parts of Northern Nigeria when a delegation of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential Campaign Council, led by its Director-General, Senator Abdul’aziz Abubakar Yari, visited his palace last Thursday. He also reportedly cautioned the campaign leadership against misleading Nigerians ahead of the 2027 general elections. While acknowledging the importance of the Emir’s intervention, Nwuche warned that selective criticism of national challenges during electioneering could create misleading impressions, fuel political tensions and undermine national cohesion. He stressed that banditry, farmer-herder clashes, mass kidnappings, community raids and insurgency…