A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has called on Nigerians to support President Bola Tinubu in the fight against insecurity in the country.

Mr Oyintiloye, while speaking with journalists on Sunday in Osogbo, said the insecurity in the country was becoming alarming, which called for a sober reflection.

He said Nigerians need to rally around Mr Tinubu and his administration to find a lasting solution to the insecurity.

“No one is happy with the recent killings, banditry, kidnapping and other criminalities across the country, but negative criticism and name-calling by the leaders of the opposition parties is not the way forward,” said Mr Oyintiloye.

He added, “What we need at this critical period is for us as stakeholders to come together, irrespective of our political affiliation, religion or tribe and give the present administration the needed boost and encouragement.”

Mr Oyintiloye, a former member of the defunct APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), condemned the recent killings, banditry, kidnapping and other criminalities across the country.

He said there was no doubt that the president was doing everything humanly possible to restore peace, urging Nigerians to desist from negative criticism that can distract him.

“Security is a collective responsibility of everyone, and that is why I am appealing to leaders of the opposition parties to stop playing cheap politics with security issues and narratives that can divide the country,” he advised.

Mr Oyintiloye, a former lawmaker, commended the president for the prompt approval of funds to security agencies to purchase modern equipment to fight insecurity.

He said the recent release of N50 billion security vote to five northern states was a show of commitment by the president to minimise the spate of insecurity, “but we need to extend the gesture across the country.”

Mr Oyintiloye, who noted that the primary responsibility of any government was to protect lives and property, said that was why the larger percentage of the 2024 budget was committed to security.

The APC chieftain called on the president to look into developing community-based security architectural frameworks.

Mr Oyintiloye advised the president to ensure that state governors rise to the occasion by nipping insecurity in the bud by creating a community security network to support conventional security agencies.

(NAN)