Former Abia State governor, Orji Kalu, has blamed the international community and some Nigerians for the recent killings and abductions by Fulani terrorists in the country.
Kalu, who spoke during an appearance on Sunday Politics, a programme on Channels Television, said the goal of these individuals is to destabilise the country ahead of the 2027 general elections.
The ex-governor, who is the senator representing Abia North, stated that the bandits formenting violent attacks in different parts of the country were sponsored by politicians to destabilise the administration of President Bola Tinubu.
According to him, the politicians responsible want Tinubu to fail just as they did to former President Goodluck Jonathan.
He, however, did not disclose the names of the alleged sponsors.
“What we are seeing is always a routine, something that goes with the elections, and when you have an election, people will try to pressure the government in power for all kinds of things to start happening.
“And you can remember when President Jonathan was here, a similar thing happened,” he said on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics.
“They put a lot of pressure on the President.
“And the terrorists and the bandits are orchestrated by some members of the international community and local people who really want to destabilise the government,” he added.
According to the Abia senator, what Nigerians are witnessing is “something that goes with the elections,” when people try to pressure the government in power “for all kinds of things to start happening”.
“And the terrorists and the bandits are orchestrated by some members of the international community and local people who really want to destabilise the government,” he stated.
He, however, said that President Tinubu had shown that he was equal to the task.
“But I’m sure you can see that President Tinubu is equal to the task; for the first time, you see the president cancelling all his engagements.
“Today is Sunday, and he faced security challenges. He faced everything about security,” Kalu said.
“Those [abducted] girls will be recovered. The government is making every effort to make sure these people are recovered, and it’s because of a few announcements internationally and locally, talking about Nigeria’s insecurity. I’m sure it’s not the best of times for us.
“It’s not a very good time for Nigerian people and Nigerian citizens. Our service chiefs, our security operatives have gone fully on duty to see what they can do,” he added.
