Ben Ayade, the Governor of Cross River State, has stated that the security situation in Nigeria would have been much worse if President Muhammadu Buhari’s efforts had not been made.
Ayade made the remarks after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Tuesday. He praised the president’s understanding of international and local security challenges, saying he was able to suppress banditry and the Boko Haram insurgency.
Ayade said, “Let me first acknowledge the depth of knowledge and the depth of the intellect that the president exudes, his master hand understanding of the international and global security challenges and dovetailing into the Nigerian situation, and, what he has done to be able to stem the continuous incursion of bandits and Boko Haram into Nigeria.”
He continued, “This country would have been in a worse situation but President Muhammadu Buhari given the fall of Afghanistan, given the massive movement of people who have a feeling that the West African province belongs to them by birth, and therefore Muslims of West African origin, and Christians, in their opinion, are infidels and therefore must be wiped out.
“Indeed, the collapse of Afghanistan puts a major threat on national security and puts in far more pressure on northern Nigeria with an intent by ISWAP to ensure that they conquer West African province.”
Ayade also noted that the President did thoroughly tutored on the subject of global security, saying that the enormity of security should not be underrated.