Political strategist and Global Investment and Trade Company CEO Baba Yusuf warned that Nigeria’s worsening insecurity could soon allow bandits to infiltrate the Senate and House.
He said the situation reflects deep security failure nationwide, urging urgent action from authorities before criminal elements gain greater political influence and threaten governance further.
Yusuf: Nigerians Pay Bandits Taxes, Seek Mediation
Yusuf said in an Arise News interview that Nigerians now pay bandits taxes and even approach them for mediation in northern communities.
He also mentioned that while Nigerians are dying in their numbers in attacks from bandits, politicians are playing politics with insecurities in the country.
And while that is going on, the terrorists are daring the state and taunting Nigeria.
Yusuf recalled President Bola Tinubu’s statement during his visit to Plateau State.
‘It will never happen again,’ but the terrorists attacked a community in the state the next day.
Terrorists Kill Soldiers, Wear Uniforms, Enter Talks
According to him, terrorists now kill soldiers, wear military uniforms, and still enter mediation with government officials.
While on that, they leave the process without consequences or accountability.
He added that they return home freely afterward, even sending notices to the government, a situation he described as alarming and dangerous for national security.
Baba Yusuf said, “We are there already. And why did I say so? First of all, I mentioned that performance is not measured by events, but by impacts and outcomes.
“If we look at the progression of insecurity in Nigeria in the past three and a half years, places that we never thought they would go to, they are in Niger, they are in Kwara, progressing downwards into Nigeria.
Bandits Roam Benue, Plateau Despite Presidential Promises
“You see what they are doing.
‘It will never happen again,’ these people had the audacity to make it happen again the next day.
“They are daring the state. They are taunting us.
When they kill our soldiers, they wear the uniform of our military and armed forces and go to what is called a mediation arrangement with the government.
They are on social media. We know their handles. They don’t even care to cover their faces.
“They send notices, and they come on the day of the notice, and they execute.
Bandits Overrun Brigades in War Theater
Now they are overrunning brigades, not brigades in urban areas, brigades in the theater of war, and they overrun the brigade.
They kill our generals, like every other day, our colonels.
This is an existential issue that we should take seriously across party lines.
And we should deal with this otherwise, like I said earlier, it will still come down, you see.
“People are beginning to have confidence in them. They go to them for mediation.
They go to them for protection. And we are saying we are making progress, and we are saying we should not talk about it.”
