A former presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Mr Dumebi Kachikwu, on Thursday urged President Bola Tinubu to publicly identify and prosecute individuals sponsoring terrorism in the country.
He made the call at a State of the Nation news conference in Abuja.
The Federal Government in 2024, named 21 individuals and six Bureau de Change entities as financiers of terrorism in the country.
This list resurfaced a few weeks ago following remarks by the United States President, Donald Trump.
Kachikwu said Nigeria’s worsening insecurity demands transparency, noting that daily killings, kidnappings and displacement of communities require honest disclosure.
He said Nigerians are losing hope because no administration has clearly explained the true nature of the conflict in nearly two decades.
Kachikwu urged the President to give Nigerians clear information on the killings, victims’ identities and the status of displaced communities amid claims that attackers now occupy or rename abandoned areas.
He questioned repeated descriptions of the crisis as farmer–herder clashes, saying the pattern of attacks suggests deeper motives.
