Our Reporter, Abuja
APC chieftain and 2025 Anambra governorship aspirant, Valentine Ozigbo, has written an open letter to President Bola Tinubu, urging him to take bold, urgent steps to address Nigeria’s worsening insecurity and governance challenges.
In the strongly worded letter, Ozigbo lamented recent killings and kidnappings across the country — including the abduction of schoolchildren in Kebbi, murder of worshippers in Kwara, rising highway kidnappings, and the killing of a military general — describing them as “open wounds on the conscience of the Republic.”
He called for a decisive, unified national campaign against insecurity, insisting that Nigeria’s security failure stems from “a lack of unmistakable political will,” not a shortage of personnel or intelligence. He urged the president to draw a firm red line against sponsors and collaborators of terror, saying leadership “requires moral clarity.”
Ozigbo also criticised the “silence of national moral voices,” including elders and faith leaders, warning that their absence “isolates your government and emboldens those who thrive in chaos.” He urged Tinubu to rally these voices back into national discourse.
The APC chieftain pushed for deeper structural reforms, endorsing the “Orange Union Model” proposed by the Fatherland Group, which he described as a reimagined federal structure with regional autonomy similar to the European Union. According to him, such reforms could become Tinubu’s “most consequential legacy.”
He further stressed the need to restore rule of law, warning that the commercialisation of justice and electoral malpractice threaten Nigeria’s democracy. He advocated electronic voting, real-time result transmission, and independent candidacy.
On politics, Ozigbo cautioned against weakening the opposition, noting that democracy “requires balance, competition, and strong institutions on both sides.”
He also appealed to President Tinubu to pursue a political solution for the release of detained IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, saying his freedom would calm tensions in the South East and promote national healing.
Ozigbo concluded by urging the president to embrace courageous leadership, saying Nigeria stands at an “inflection point” and that decisive action could define his legacy.
