The Delta Comrade Community has issued a blistering press statement demanding the immediate resignation of National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, accusing him of presiding over worsening insecurity and handling Fulani banditry “with kid gloves” due to ethnic ties.
In the statement signed by the President Comrade Oghenemaro Akpotobor, the group declared it had “lost confidence” in Ribadu’s capacity to lead Nigeria’s security architecture, pointing to nearly two years in office without “measurable improvement in the safety of ordinary Nigerians.”
“Kidnappings for ransom now define interstate travel and have turned homes into bargaining chips for criminals,” the statement read. “Attacks on schools continue with impunity, robbing a generation of children of their right to education and traumatizing families nationwide.”
The group specifically referenced the May 15, 2026 coordinated attacks on three schools in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, where over 40 pupils and teachers were abducted and two teachers killed, as evidence that “our classrooms have become unsafe.” The incident, which sparked national outrage, saw gunmen storm Baptist Nursery and Primary School, Community Grammar School, and L.A. Primary School simultaneously.
Beyond Oyo, the Delta Comrade Community cited mass killings in Benue, Plateau, Kaduna, Zamfara, Niger, and the South-East, stating that “communities are being emptied” while survivors live in IDP camps under “inhuman conditions.” The statement also linked insecurity to food inflation and the shutdown of night economies across the country.
The group’s sharpest criticism centered on what it called a “conflict of interest” in Ribadu’s handling of Fulani banditry. It referenced a March 2026 public statement in which the NSA allegedly referred to Fulani terrorists as “our brothers.”
“A National Security Adviser cannot be the nation’s security coordinator while maintaining ethnic kinship with the perpetrators of terror,” the statement said. “If they are indeed his brothers, then the path to peace is clear: he should ask his brothers to stop the killings, end the abductions, vacate the forests, and surrender their arms.”
The Delta Comrade Community argued that armed groups now run “active social media accounts on TikTok and Facebook, flaunting weapons and hostages,” while state intelligence agencies fail to track them despite “humongous security budgets.”
“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu must recognize that retaining Mallam Ribadu has made him a political liability ahead of the 2027 election,” the group warned. “Voters do not reward excuses when they are burying loved ones.”
The statement concluded with a direct appeal to the President: “If the NSA will not resign on his own, President Tinubu must relieve him of his duties.” The group demanded the appointment of “a professional whose only allegiance is to the Constitution and the Nigerian people,” insisting that “terrorists must be treated as enemies of the state to be defeated, not as brothers to be appeased.”
The Delta Comrade Community described its demand as “not personal” but “a demand for accountability,” adding that “national security is too important to be sacrificed on the altar of loyalty.”
As of press time, the Office of the National Security Adviser had not responded to the statement. The Presidency also had not issued a comment.