Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has defended President Muhammadu Buhari over the menace of insecurity experienced across the country, even as he challenged governors to take responsibilities.
Bello said the president cannot hold an AK-47 rifle or be in every state of the federation to ensure the safety of lives and property when there are chief executives in the states.
The governor stated this on Friday in Abuja during his Second Annual GYB Seminar for Nigeria’s Political and Crime Editors and Correspondents, insisting that he did not expect the president to secure Kogi, which made him put a lot of measures in place to bring crime to almost zero in his state.
“I’m not a governor that will expect the President to secure my state.
“I refused to politicize insecurity. Buhari is a man who loves truth and reality. I’ll let you know that the President loves this country.
“This insecurity isn’t a thing of the President though we should not pass the buck because that is why we came on board. It’s a successive failure of various administrations.
“The President will not sit in the Villa and hold an AK-47 to come and secure my schools and roads.
“Some of these crimes that we see today are more than what we see on the surface. I will never come out here and point out the flaws. Whatever I observe, in terms of loopholes and lapses, it’s between myself and the President to let him know.
“I will never be that governor who will come out and say that the President didn’t secure my schools and roads,” Bello said.