Emmanuel Umohinyang, a political analyst and social commentator, was the convener, Re-elect Buhari Movement (RBM). In this interview, he speaks on topical issues, including the upsurge in crime rate and PDP’s recent criticisms of President Muhammadu Buhari.
What are your thoughts on the upsurge in post-election violence in the country?
I think you must understand that before the last election, we were more or less like a country that was domesticated in Rome. The crime rate was so low.
The farmers-herders crisis subsided drastically, but what we have seen now is that the insecurity we are experiencing are man-made. They are artificial in nature, induced from some quarters and we cannot divorce this from politicians,reason being that these politicians arm thugs with all manner of weapons just to secure electoral victory. But the question now is are they able to retrieve these arms, from these boys? The answer is no. So, the upsurge in terms of banditry, kidnapping, armed robbery…
