‘This Storm Is Temporary’: Lagos APC Backs Tinubu Amid Rising Security Tensions
Kehinde Adeleye
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has appealed for calm across the country, assuring citizens that recent security tensions will not derail national stability.
In a statement issued on Friday by its Lagos spokesman, Mr Seye Oladejo, the party said Nigeria would “prevail” as President Bola Tinubu continued to implement decisive security reforms.
Oladejo said the president was responding to the current wave of attacks with “concrete actions, not empty rhetoric”, citing the declaration of a state of emergency on security and the approval for the recruitment of an additional 20,000 police officers, bringing the total planned intake to 50,000.
“These are not cosmetic gestures. These are far-reaching actions by a president who refuses to surrender one inch of the country to terrorists or their sponsors,” he said.
The APC accused opposition figures of “amplifying fear” and attempting to portray the incidents as evidence of government failure despite ongoing breakthroughs by security forces.
According to Oladejo, rescue operations were under way nationwide and hostile networks continued to be dismantled with increasing cooperation from local communities.
He further alleged that certain political actors were issuing “prophecies of unrest” shortly before coordinated attacks, questioning who benefits from creating the appearance of an ungovernable nation.
“Their time is almost up,” he added.
Oladejo also criticised attempts by opposition groups to seek foreign intervention, insisting that Nigeria’s sovereignty was not up for negotiation.
On the economic discomfort facing citizens, the APC attributed the hardship to ongoing reforms, describing it as a temporary phase required to dismantle long-standing systems of corruption in subsidies, foreign exchange markets and rent-seeking structures.
“The reforms are working—agriculture is expanding, investment confidence is returning and industries are waking up,” he said. “Those who destroyed the house cannot mock the rebuilding.”
The party urged Nigerians to remain patient and trust the administration’s direction, insisting that saboteurs would not succeed in destabilising the country.
“The storm is temporary, the discomfort is transitional. Nigeria’s destiny is secure under a capable and courageous leader. The saboteurs will fail, and Nigeria will rise stronger,” Oladejo concluded.
