By Musa Mercy
The Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Prof. Adebukola Adesuyi expressed concern regarding the significant level of insecurity in Nigeria, stating that no part of the country can be regarded as truly safe.
Prof. Adesuyi stated this during the Faculty of the Social Sciences Students’ Association (SOSSA) Public Lecture and Leadership Award Series held on Thursday, May 21, 2026, at the Nelson Mandela Hall. The lecture, titled “Nigerian Security Challenge and its Politics of Blame,” gathered various public figures to discuss Nigeria’s rising security issues and explore potential solutions for addressing them.
Speaking during the lecture, Prof. Adesuyi lamented the worsening insecurity across Nigeria, noting that there was a time when people could travel, farm, and attend school without fear.
“Years ago, people could go out, people would go to school and parents will expect them to come back without any problem, people go to the farm and they will come back, those were the years, there was no insecurity, the only thing is that most parents then will say, ' Don't go out at night. ” She said.
According to her, insecurity has now become a nationwide concern affecting every part of society regardless of ethnicity.
“Whether you are going out in the morning now, in the afternoon, or in the night, nowhere is safe. Students went to school in the Oyo state and students as young as a kindergarten, a two-year-old baby was kidnapped, the principal of the school was slaughtered by the kidnappers.” She recounted.
“Yesterday, I saw how a woman was being beaten mercilessly, I am not profiling any tribe because this danger has cut across every area. We cannot just say, " This thing is coming from this particular tribe, and without security, what can we achieve? Can people go to school, are we sure they will ever come back home safely? The answer is no.” She added.
Prof. Adesuyi further commented on the tendency to attribute blame to specific ethnic groups, saying: “We have to re-strategize, this is not the time to talk about whether the Northerners are the people causing this or the southerners are folding their arms, or the people from the South-East are the root of the problem. No more time to shift blame, we just have to work on what is happening and find the lasting solution to the problems confronting this nation.”
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