The Special Adviser on Policy Communication to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Daniel Bwala, has declared that Nigerians are now safer than they were before 2023, crediting the improvement in national security to the current administration’s policies and reforms.
Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, Bwala said incidents such as mass prison breaks, frequent kidn+ppings, and widespread terr+rist att+cks had significantly reduced since President Tinubu assumed office in May 2023.
“Before 2023, there were prison breaks everywhere in Nigeria even here in Abuja. In broad daylight, people were being kidn+pped before President Bola Tinubu came on board,” he said. “After he became president, we have not had prison breaks. People are going about their businesses all over the country.”
Bwala, who previously served as spokesperson for the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Organisation before joining the Tinubu administration, argued that while isolated cases of insecurity still exist, they no longer thre+ten the country’s stability.
“There are still skirmishes here and there, but they are no longer the order of the day. The president’s leadership has restored relative calm,” he added.
Reacting to recent allegations by U.S. lawmakers that the Nigerian government was enabling a “Christian gen+cide,” Bwala dismissed the claims as false and politically motivated. He said the controversial report cited abroad was allegedly produced by a local civil society group with links to the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
“No faith group is being targeted in Nigeria. The allegation of religious persec¥tion is baseless and unfair to the country’s security agencies who have been risking their lives to protect all citizens,” he said.
He urged Nigerians to acknowledge the strides recorded under Tinubu’s leadership while continuing to support government efforts to consolidate peace and stability across the federation.
