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President Bola Tinubu’s attempt to get Nigeria a permanent place on the UN Security Council has drawn criticism from the African Democratic Congress (ADC), which calls the plan ridiculous given the nation’s ongoing struggles with growing insecurity.

The party claimed in a statement issued by Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, its national publicity secretary, on Sunday that the government should not be requesting international responsibility while it is unable to safeguard the lives of its own people.

“It is shocking that the Tinubu administration is asking for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council while bandits are slaughtering Nigerians and taking over parts of the country,” the ADC said.

“How can a government that cannot provide peace or security at home expect to be taken seriously at the global table where security is discussed?”

“Just last Friday, gunmen attacked a mosque in Yandoto village, Zamfara State, killing worshippers and abducting others. Only weeks earlier, about 45 people were killed in Zamfara, entire villages were sacked, and dozens kidnapped. In Katsina, a similar attack left about 47 people dead with many more injured or taken hostage,” the party added.

“In only two months, over 140 Nigerians have been murdered in Zamfara and Katsina alone. Amnesty International reported that more than 10,000 lives have been lost since May 2025 to attacks by armed groups. These are not statistics; they are human beings, Nigerians this administration promised renewed hope.”

The statement claims that the ADC had expressed concern last month about armed groups in Zamfara State forcing farmers to pay more than N56 million in order to gain access to their farmlands.

Since non-state actors act as a parallel authority rather than regular criminals when they impose levies, limit access to land, and kill without consequence, the party contended that the extent of lawlessness in the state raises major concerns about Nigeria’s territorial control.

“This is no longer just about insecurity; it is about Nigeria’s territorial integrity being eroded under President Bola Tinubu,” the ADC said.

“What we see today is not simply a security lapse, but clear evidence, written in blood and innocent lives lost, of a government that has lost control.”

“In any serious country, these tragedies would have led to resignations, emergency meetings, and a complete review of strategy. Here, they are reduced to routine condolence messages from presidential propagandists,” the statement continued.

“It is therefore absurd that the same administration, under whose watch Nigerians are being killed daily and bandits are taking control of territories, now seeks to sit at the highest table of global security discussions.”

“The world is not fooled by fine speeches in New York. They see that parts of Nigeria have become killing fields, where life has become, in truth, nasty, brutish, and short.”

According to the statement, unless the government demonstrates that it can defend its own citizens, Nigeria’s bid for a permanent place on the UN Security Council would remain unachievable.
“True leadership on the world stage must begin with responsibility at home, yet the country remains soaked in blood while promises of protection go unfulfilled.”

President Bola Tinubu was also chastised by the ADC for failing to attend the commissioning of 874 new officers at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) in Kaduna for the second year in a row.

The party contended that the President ought to have utilized the occasion to motivate the officers and comfort the attacked northern communities during a period of escalating insecurity. The party characterized his decision to attend the commissioning of the refurbished National Arts Theater in Lagos as a misguided priority.

“With all these signals, this administration is plagued by misplaced priorities. The President has become a passive spectator, watching from a distance while villages burn and prayers end in gunfire,” the ADC said.

“With such tragic indifference, this government risks creating the dangerous perception that some Nigerian lives matter less than others. A President who was quick to declare a state of emergency over a political crisis in Rivers, but remains silent on the killings in Zamfara and Katsina, cannot claim that all lives matter.”

“We therefore repeat our call for the immediate declaration of a state of emergency in Zamfara State. The siege on that state must end, and the tide of bloodshed must be stopped.”

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