The presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Oby Ezekwesili, said Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari’s perception of the insecurity in Nigeria is different from its reality.
Oby Ezekwesili said the fact that the president commends his govt for on stemming Insecurity, indicates that he is far removed from the reality of the sufferings of nigerian citizens especially in the North East, North Central and Zamfara & Kaduna.
The presidential candidate was reacting to a report by Nigeria Security Tracker data that violence has almost doubled since 2017.
The report documented 1,949 deaths through October 2018, compared to 1,041 sectarian-related deaths in all of 2017, while deaths related to the Boko Haram conflict through October 2018 are roughly 1,900.
Meanwhile, despite the increasing insurgency in the country, Buhari has claimed the jihadist terrorist group Boko Haram has been “technically defeated” in the Northeast.