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A presidential
aspirant of the Action Congress of Nigeria, Nuhu Ribadu has blamed
rising insecurity in the nation on the weakness of government and its
security agencies. Mr Ribadu made the comments when he addressed
reporters at a fundraising dinner held at Chelsea Hotel in Abuja for
the Federal Capital Territory’s chapter of the Action Congress of
Nigeria.

Other politicians
at the event were another presidential aspirant of the party, Uba
Malami and some House of Representatives aspirants.

“I want them to
wake up,” he said. “I want them to understand that we rely on them and
that they are the ones who will help keep us in peace. They have failed
us for now; time has come for us to say, yes, give us a chance to come
and manage the country well; to ensure that we have peace and security
in the country,” Mr Ribadu said.

He said as far as
he was concerned, the increasing insecurity in the nation is the
failure of the government, even though the perpetrators of the crime
are being unpatriotic.

“It is a failure of
leadership,” he said. “It is incompetence, mismanagement. It is the
inability to do what you are supposed to do, whether you are in law
enforment or you are in charge of our affairs. We are entitled to
peace, stability and security. Our leaders are supposed to make that
possible. They have failed.”

Party debates

Chris Ngige who was
represented at the event by Yusuf Obaje, a gubernatorial aspirant of
the ACN in Kogi State, said the nation is currently suffering from a
lack of good leadership by the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

“We need a leader who is unreasonably patriotic, courageous, and proactive,” he said.

The event, also featured a debate session for the party’s
contestants across the board. The contestants took turns to lay their
personal manifestos before party members ahead of the party’s
convention scheduled for next week.