SDP Blasts FG Over Insecurity, Says Nigeria Has Become a Country Where Human Life No Longer Counts

The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has launched a scathing attack on the Federal Government, accusing it of presiding over a nation where insecurity has become normalised and human life has been dangerously devalued.

In a hard-hitting statement issued in Abuja by its National Publicity Secretary, Araba Rufus Aiyenigba, the party said Nigeria’s worsening security crisis reflects a collapse of political will rather than a lack of capacity to act.

The SDP said since the escalation of organised violence around 2018, killings, kidnappings, and mass displacement have become routine across the country, while citizens continue to live in fear with little protection.

It accused the Federal Government of repeatedly responding with “silence, excuses, and empty rhetoric,” while criminal groups expand their operations with impunity across regions.

The party alleged that ransom payments, amnesty arrangements, and inconsistent security strategies have emboldened armed groups, worsening the crisis instead of containing it.

According to the SDP, rural communities have been the worst affected, with attacks in remote areas often receiving limited national attention compared to incidents near major cities.

It described the situation as “selective governance of human life,” where some victims receive swift attention while others are left to suffer in silence.

The opposition party also claimed that security failures cut across all regions, citing killings in the North-West and North-Central, rising violence in the South-East, and worsening insecurity affecting farming communities in the South-West.

Presidential candidate, Adewole Adebayo, was quoted as saying insecurity persists due to the politicisation of security institutions, which he argued has weakened professionalism and accountability in the system.

The SDP further insisted that Nigeria’s crisis goes beyond security, pointing to deepening poverty, unemployment, inflation, and governance failures as drivers of instability.

It referenced reports estimating that over 140 million Nigerians live in poverty, describing the situation as evidence of “systemic national failure.”

The party urged Nigerians to reject what it called “continuity of failure” in the 2027 general elections, declaring that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has failed in its constitutional duty to guarantee safety and welfare.

It said Nigeria is now at a critical turning point and warned that failure to change leadership would deepen what it described as a national descent into insecurity, poverty, and despair.

The SDP concluded that it is positioning itself as a “national rescue platform,” insisting that urgent political change is the only way to restore the value of human life in the country.