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Farotimi Explodes: ‘Nigeria Is Falling Apart—Tinubu Is Nowhere!’”

Published by admin on November 19th, 2025.

Farotimi Explodes: ‘Nigeria Is Falling Apart—Tinubu Is Nowhere!’”

Human rights advocate and political commentator, Dele Farotimi, has taken a swipe at President Bola Tinubu’s administration, warning that the country is “spiraling out of control” amid worsening insecurity and what he describes as a total failure of governance.

Farotimi made the remarks while responding to a string of violent attacks in Kebbi and Zamfara States, raising doubts about the government’s willingness and capacity to safeguard citizens.

According to him, “Nigeria is in a downward plunge. At every tier, government has not only fallen short of its basic obligations to the people, it has become blatantly negligent. Its refusal to act has created room for anarchy and has fueled suspicion of complicity in the ongoing atrocities.”

He stressed that ultimate responsibility lies with President Tinubu, adding: “This is your watch. Do we still have a functioning state? I can scarcely recognise any government at all.”

Earlier reports by SaharaReporters revealed that at least 25 female students of Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Maga, within Kebbi State’s Danko/Wasagu LGA, were kidnapped by armed bandits on Monday. The school’s vice principal was killed during the invasion. The state police command, through its spokesperson CSP Nafi’u Abubakar Kotarkoshi, confirmed the attack.

Similarly, on Saturday, gunmen suspected to be bandits murdered an APC chieftain in Zamfara State, Umar Moriki. The incident happened along the Gusau–Tsafe highway near Fegi village while he was travelling to Kaduna. The state APC chairman, Tukur Danfulani, described the killing as a devastating blow to the party and the state. Party spokesman Yusuf Idris noted that Moriki had just attended a stakeholders’ meeting convened by the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle.

On Tuesday morning, SaharaReporters also documented another deadly attack—this time in Amadu village, Takum LGA of Taraba State—where assailants identified as Fulani herdsmen reportedly stormed an IDP camp, killing no fewer than six displaced residents between the ages of 27 and 65. The Monday-night attack triggered public outrage and protests in the community.

Reacting to these escalating incidents, Farotimi accused governments at all levels of enabling the deterioration of security, even as international attention grows—highlighted by the United States recently listing Nigeria as a nation of concern over claims of Christian-targeted violence.

A longstanding critic of successive Nigerian governments, Farotimi has consistently called for deep reforms and has faced state pushback for his activism. He was recently arrested and held for 21 days on allegations of cyberbullying and defamation, prompting widespread condemnation.

His latest comments reflect the mounting anxiety over Nigeria’s