Ex-Minister Dalung: Authorities Target Critics but Fail to Track Bandits

Former Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Solomon Dalung, has criticized the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led federal government for the rise in insecurity across Nigeria.

Speaking on Arise Television’s “Morning Show” on Friday, Dalung said the government can locate and detain anyone who criticizes it, yet it is unable to track bandits operating in forests.

He highlighted the widespread insecurity, lamenting the abductions of innocent Nigerians.

“They have all the gadgets to track anybody who criticizes the government. They can pick him up in the next five minutes, but they don’t have equipment to track terrorists who display huge funds in the forest,” Dalung said.

“So I don’t know what unity the federal government is asking Nigerians against terrorism. Nigerians are determined to deal with terrorism, but the government seems not to have the political will to deal with it,” he added.

“The All Progressive Congress, APC, in all ramifications, seems not to have a solution to the security challenges confronting this country, and it pained me so much,” Dalung said.

“The Federal Government has completely and woefully failed, and they don’t seem to have any iota of a solution to the ravaging insecurity that is across the country,” he continued.

“In Plateau State now, it is not safe for you to travel on the highways, not because of the fear of terrorism, but you will run into a community that has been displaced by terrorists, and in anger they will take over the highways and begin to attack vehicles that look like those of leaders,” he explained.