The Allied Peoples Movement (APM) has criticised the Minister of Defence, Christopher Musa, over his claim that Nigeria has defeated terrorists and that insecurity has improved under President Bola Tinubu.
The party said the minister’s assertion was a distortion of the security situation in the country, arguing that Nigerians continue to face killings, abductions, displacement and other forms of violence.
Mr Musa, while speaking earlier on Channels Television’s Politics Today, said terrorist attacks were no longer as rampant or brazen as they had been in the past, adding that kidnapping had become more prevalent.
Asked whether Nigeria had defeated terrorists or merely displaced them, the minister said, “Frankly speaking, we have defeated terrorists because now, like I said, the attacks are not as rampant and it is now.”
Mr Musa also described kidnapping as a “social ill,” noting that there were cases of wives kidnapping their husbands and husbands kidnapping their children.
