The opposition African Democratic Congress (ADC) on Tuesday told President Bola Ahmed Tinubu that Nigeria needs a real Commander-in-Chief, not a Chief Mourner, after his post-attack statements failed to stop killings in the country.
The ADC National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, in a post on his X handle, said such statements of assurance had turned into a declaration of helplessness and surrender.
He said since May 2023, President Tinubu had turned “never again” into a template response to insecurity and the killing of Nigerians, documenting six different incidents where the president had made almost similar statements without corresponding positive results on the ground.
The post @BolajiADC read in part, “Every massacre under his watch. Every abduction under his failed leadership. Same script. Same lines. Same outcome.
Dec 26, 2023 — Plateau, ‘Envoys of death will not escape. We will resolve this.’
“Apr 5, 2025 — Plateau/Kwara
‘Enough is enough.’
“Jun 16, 2025 — Benue
‘Enough is now enough. This must not continue.’
“Nov 20, 2025 — Kebbi
‘This should not happen again.’
“Mar 31, 2026 — Plateau/Kaduna
‘Enough is enough. Smash criminals in real-time.’
“Apr 1–2, 2026 — Plateau
‘This will not repeat itself.’
“Six different tragedies. Six presidential promises. Six presidential failures. Zero presidential results.
“And then Easter came.
“Apr 5–6, 2026 — Kaduna. Borno. Plateau. Benue.
“Church attacked. Villages raided. Security forces ambushed. Families buried.
“At this point, hearing “enough is enough” is no longer a statement of reassurance, it is a declaration of helplessness and surrender.
“We cannot continue like this.
“Nigeria needs a real Commander-in-Chief, not a Chief Mourner.”
Tribune
