Overseer of the Citadel Global Global Community Church, Tunde Bakare, has expressed disappointment at the poor security situation of the country.

Pastor Bakare stated this during an Instagram Live chat with veteran publisher Dele Momodu on Tuesday.

Responding to questions regarding the dreaded Boko Haram insurgents and the Fulani herdsmen, the cleric questioned both the government and the military on the sources of the deadly groups’ armunitions, adding that this should not be difficult to find out.

Mr. Bakare said: “The problem of these terrorists Boko Haram did not start with this administration but it escalated. 

“One would have assumed that the President being a former general, by this moment, Boko Haram would have been history, and he demonstrated his willingness to do that when he took the command post straight into the battle field,” the running mate to Mr. Buhari in the failed 2011 presidential bid added.

“Where are these people getting these arms and ammunition from? Are they taking them from our military? Where is the support structure for these people? Which market did they get their food from? People know where they are. A tree does not make a forest, I’m sure President Buhari would have realised that by now. As a Commander-In-Chief, the bulk ends on his table but could he go to the field and fight this battle, I assume it would be history by now.”

Regarding the herdsmen crisis, the preacher turned politician described the situation as shameful, demanding that herdsmen if found guilty, as well as their sponsors, should face justice.

Mr. Bakare said: “For the herdsmen, it’s such a shame that lawlessness parades through the streets of our nation because of those men who carry AK47. Where do they get their ammunition from? Who gave them licenses to do what they are doing? They should be brought to book. It has continued for too long.

“This is the time to get these people down to their roots, or else they can muster much strength and begin to afflict us more. Even amongst Nigerians, there are those who are supporting these evil men in one form or the other. They have food supply, they have ammunition, they have women amongst them, they capture some, they marry some. They live amongst people.”

Not being sure if “there is constitutional barrett to bombing the whole of Sambisa forest completely”, the fiery preacher stated that “we can’t continue to do the same thing again and again and expect a different result.”