The Presidency asserted that President Bola Tinubu would not remain silent in the face of escalating crises within states. This declaration comes in the wake of his involvement in addressing political turmoil in Ondo and Rivers State.
Despite claims from observers suggesting that Tinubu’s actions were undermining the affected state governments, his media adviser, Ajuri Ngelale, perceives his intervention as a positive and necessary step.
Ngelale emphasized that Tinubu is committed to intervening in states grappling with political crises, particularly when the outcome has the potential to impact the overall well-being of the nation.
“That has nothing to do with, of course, political development, destabilization of a particular region or state or subnational entity that could potentially turn into a national conflagration,” he said on Channels Television’s News Night, a pre-recorded show that airs on Mondays.
“If the President sees that, he is not going to sit by as the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and fold his hands and keep quiet. I think that is what he has done.
“That is to say if you are the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and your primary objective is to make sure that the Nigerian people are safe; that they are able to operate in an environment that is stable and does not place them in any form of insecurity, then you know that if a political crisis is devolving into something that is generating manmade insecurity, then the president needs to step in and he took that wise decision to step in,” the presidential aide maintained.
