Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has called for international partnerships to tackle the rising levels of insecurity in Nigeria, maintaining that the situation is beyond President Muhammadu Buhari.
The governor said this on Thursday, explaining that insecurity is not peculiar to the country.
Governor Ayade explained that insecurity is a global issue with the focus on keeping Nigeria unstable and so you need some international strategic and secure connection to address the issue adding that It is by far beyond the President and the capacity of the President of Nigeria.
The governor equally explained that terrorist groups like Boko Haram and ISWAP now have international links which means their influence spreads beyond Nigeria.
He said, “ISWAP has so much capacity today” just like Boko Haram with both targeting Nigeria’s mineral resources.
But while President Buhari met challenging situations, he has been able to tackle them, he said. According to him, the security condition could have been worse.
“If he was not there, it could have been worse than what he met. But he has made a lot of improvements.”
Ayade said people are not noticing the improvements because “it is the normal human nature to celebrate one isolated incident”.
