Dickson Iroegbu: Nigeria Is Bleeding, Leaders Have Lost Their Humanity

PDP member and Peter Obi supporter, Dickson Iroegbu, has accused President Bola Tinubu of “waking up very late” to Nigeria’s spiralling insecurity, saying the government has been distracted by political manoeuvring for 2027 instead of protecting citizens.

Iroegbu, a public affairs analyst and member of the Peoples Democratic Party, spoke on Arise News on Friday during a panel discussion on the third mass kidnapping in one week and other violent attacks across the country.

Opening his critique, he said the worsening security crisis showed deep governance failure.

“it’s a sad period for the nation, Nigeria,” Iroegbu said. “We thought we had overcome this. We thought we could come together to solve our problem as a people, but it’s unfortunate that before now what the APC government, led by the Tinubu administration, has been all about is destruction for 2027. And so the government has suffered.”

He said the President’s sudden public-facing engagement with the crisis appeared overdue.

“Suddenly, this moment that the President is now awake… well, I can say to him from this end: good morning this night. Good morning, because Mr President, you’re waking up quite very late,” he said. “But all the same, we the people of Nigeria want to unite and indeed look for a solution to these issues.”

Iroegbu insisted that propaganda about economic gains could not hide the absence of meaningful governance.

these people don’t seem to care. They don’t care. Our interest is not on the table — it’s their interest.”

He said the hearing demonstrated how deeply Nigeria’s political class had lost touch with the suffering of citizens.

“You could see human beings discussing issues about other human beings. One of them was moved to tears. That, for me, simply shows that our leaders have lost their humanity,” he said. “Every day in Nigeria since APC came to power… not less than 100 people are killed. And there’s no end in sight.”

He acknowledged that Christians were disproportionately affected while noting that all groups had suffered.

“There is genocide in Nigeria — that’s a fact,” Iroegbu said. “It’s not only Christians being killed, other Nigerians are being killed. But targeted victims are mostly Christians, and nobody can dispute that. The records are there,”he concluded.

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