ABUJA — An explosive pattern of institutional collusion, state-sponsored protection, and structural sabotage has emerged within Nigeria’s defense and law enforcement architecture, prompting severe accusations that the federal government under both Muhammadu Buhari and incumbent Bola Tinubu has actively aided religious terrorists and armed militias.
Loading ...A grim audit tracking the national security landscape across the twin administrations reveals a terrifying reality: while the federation has lost at least 16 of its highest-ranking military commanders and institutional leaders to brutal terror ambushes, the masterminds remain untouched. Even more devastating are the deep-rooted betrayals within the security apparatus, where captured terrorists are routinely freed by executive order, and field officers who attempt to neutralize kingpins are systematically silenced.
The Smoking Gun: Releasing Armed Militias with AK-47s
The roots of this institutional decay are anchored in a chilling historical disclosure by the former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel, which perfectly mirrors the systemic cover-ups paralyzing today’s frontline troops.
Governor Udom had openly blown the whistle after state-backed security actors successfully intercepted a dangerous cell of the Fulani militia. The suspects were captured wearing fake military uniforms and trafficking a lethal cache of 18 assault rifles.
“We arrested persons with fake army uniforms carrying 18 AK-47 rifles and handed them over to the police,” Udom revealed, exposing the immediate betrayal that followed. “However, the police hierarchy gave express orders that those persons should be released and their guns handed back to them. We want to let the world know that if there is a breakdown of law and order, the police should be held responsible.”
When local authorities attempted to demand answers from the top hierarchy of the police at the zonal commands and the force headquarters in Abuja, all official inquiries were aggressively rebuffed. This pattern of returning weapons of mass slaughter to irregular forces has laid the foundation for the total lawlessness currently ravaging the country.
A Bloody Toll: 16 Elite Commanders Slain in Sabotaged Warfare
This historical connivance has evolved into an outright slaughter of the military’s top brass. The unchecked return of weapons to militias has enabled highly sophisticated, well-funded terror networks to isolate and eliminate the nation’s finest tactical brains.
The tragic roll call of senior officers who dedicated decades to defending Nigeria, only to fall victim to deep intelligence leaks and coordinated insurgent traps under the watch of the twin administrations, includes:
- Major General Abubakar Rabe (Rtd.) — Coordinated and executed in a cold-blooded regional assault.
- Brigadier General Musa Uba — Eliminated during a high-risk operational sweep in the frontline theaters.
- Brigadier General Oseni Omoh Braimah — Targeted by an advanced roadside ambush that exposed severe internal communication leaks.
- Colonel Aliyu Saidu Paiko — Fallen operational leader lost during a brutal jungle confrontation.
- Lieutenant Colonel S.I. Iliyasu — Respected field commander killed after being lured into an insurgent pocket.
- Lieutenant Colonel Umar Farouq — Tactical commander cut down during a high-stakes counter-insurgency operation.
- Lieutenant Colonel Umar Ibrahim Mairiga — Blown up alongside his troops in a devastating Improvised Explosive Device (IED) assault.
The list expands to include other frontline commanders who were systematically targeted by cartels who seem to possess impeccable, real-time data regarding the movements of the military high command.
Frustrated Troops and Jailed Heroes
The accusation of high-level state connivance is further solidified by the recent testimony of a highly motivated Northern soldier, identified as Aminu. After publicly vowing to enter the Northwestern forests with his boys to eliminate the notorious bandit kingpin Bello Turji, Aminu was abruptly arrested by military authorities and thrown into Keffi Prison.
“There was a day I made a promise that I would be the one to capture Turji,” the frustrated soldier stated after his release. “But in that same month, I was taken away and detained at Keffi Prison. You see, that meant my plans were frustrated. I had intended that, whether the government agreed or not, I would go in with my boys… because he is nothing special.”
When asked if his incarceration was an intentional “elimination” tactic by powerful elements within the defense sector to shield Turji, the soldier did not mince words: “That could be possible… because the leaders of this country are not good people. I blame our own Northern leaders.”
The VIP Reintegration Lounge vs. Abandoned Governance
While patriotic field officers face prison cells for trying to do their jobs, and frontline troops face severe starvation and a lack of modern combat rations in the mud, captured terrorists are given a hero’s welcome. Under the federal government’s highly controversial “rehabilitation” policy, captured mass murderers are treated to VIP transitional centers, pampered, clothed, and comfortably reintegrated into civil society.
This systemic coddling of killers has occurred while President Tinubu remains completely numb to the security paralysis burning through the South-West and the 19 Northern states. Entire ancient towns, like Owa Onire in Kwara State, have been completely deserted—left without a single man, woman, child, or animal in sight—due to unyielding bandit raids.
Rather than executing the national budget to protect these communities, capital allocations are siphoned through deep-seated corruption, while the President remains entirely engulfed in organizing backroom multi-party alignments for his 2027 re-election campaign.
The historical precedent exposed by Governor Udom has become the modern executive blueprint: the Nigerian state would rather disarm its own citizens, jail its own heroic soldiers, and return AK-47s to killers, than disturb the lucrative multi-billion Naira terror economy keeping the ruling class insulated in Aso Rock.
