{"id":96479,"date":"2025-12-08T23:52:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T23:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=96479"},"modified":"2025-12-08T23:52:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T23:52:12","slug":"adc-slams-swift-abroad-slow-at-home-security-posture-says-nigeria-shows-capacity-to-crush-threats-but-only-outside-its-borders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=96479","title":{"rendered":"ADC slams \u201cswift abroad, slow at home\u201d security posture, says Nigeria shows capacity to crush threats\u2014but only outside its borders"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Federal Government\u2019s rapid intervention in Benin Republic following a reported coup attempt is drawing sharp criticism at home, with the African Democratic Congress (ADC) accusing the administration of displaying decisiveness abroad while tolerating insecurity within Nigeria\u2019s borders.<\/p>\n

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In a statement on Monday, ADC National Publicity Secretary Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi praised the speed with which Abuja moved to defend constitutional order in Benin. But he said the very same action exposes a troubling double standard: Nigeria clearly possesses the capability to respond swiftly and forcefully to security threats\u2014yet banditry, terrorism and violent crime continue to flourish at home.<\/p>\n

According to the ADC, the government\u2019s prompt foreign intervention \u201cthrows into sharp relief its slow and haphazard response to the banditry and violent crime devastating communities across Nigeria.\u201d The party said the contrast is too glaring to ignore and raises questions about the government\u2019s priorities.<\/p>\n

While acknowledging the need to halt unconstitutional power grabs in West Africa, the ADC insisted that the President\u2019s unilateral action must still be ratified by the National Assembly as required by law. But beyond the legal issues, the party said Nigerians are now asking what determines when their government acts decisively\u2014and when it delays.<\/p>\n

The ADC pointed to Nigeria\u2019s hesitation during instability in Guinea-Bissau, even when a former Nigerian President was reportedly trapped there, asking why urgency appeared only in the Benin episode. The party warned that such inconsistency fuels suspicion that Nigeria\u2019s latest intervention may have been influenced by \u201canother, more powerful country.\u201d<\/p>\n

More damning was the ADC\u2019s central charge: that the government\u2019s quick action in Benin highlights its inexplicable sluggishness in confronting violence at home.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Nigeria could respond decisively to threats across our borders,\u201d the party asked, \u201cwhy has the government demonstrated such outrageous incompetence in dealing with domestic insecurity? Why has it failed to respond with similar urgency while bandits and terrorists still hold communities hostage, displace families, abduct children and operate openly?\u201d<\/p>\n

The ADC lamented that a government capable of mobilizing swiftly for democracy abroad appears unwilling to deploy the same resolve to protect its own citizens. \u201cThe defence of democracy does not begin in neighbouring countries,\u201d the party said. \u201cIt begins in the protection of Nigerian lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

The statement concluded by stressing that the strongest barrier against coups is not military action but good governance, improved living conditions and genuine space for opposition voices\u2014conditions that remain fragile at home even as Nigeria projects strength beyond its borders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Federal Government\u2019s rapid intervention in Benin Republic following a reported coup attempt is drawing sharp criticism at home, with the African Democratic Congress (ADC) accusing the administration of displaying decisiveness abroad while tolerating insecurity within Nigeria\u2019s borders. In a statement on Monday, ADC National Publicity Secretary Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi praised the speed with which […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":94324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[7641,3200,189,213,56],"class_list":["post-96479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-politics","tag-abroad","tag-adc","tag-apc","tag-benin","tag-tinubu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=96479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/94324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}