Insecurity was my worst nightmare as President – Goodluck Jonathan

Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has stated that insecurity was his biggest issue between 2010 and 2015.

Jonathan made the announcement this weekend during the commissioning of the Yola-Wukari road project in Taraba State. Six pedestrian bridges and a flyover bridge are included in the dualized Yola-Wukari road.

Jonathan then revealed that insecurity was his worst nightmare as President of the United States.

He said;

When I was the president of Nigeria, the insecurity of the nation did give me sleepless nights. Sometimes even while I am in the church, my ADC will bring a phone to show me how people are being murdered or kidnapped, and that gave me serious headache.

As I came into the Jalingo airport, I saw the Director of DSS and I quickly asked him ‘how is Taraba State security wise?’ and he told me ‘Taraba is relatively peaceful.

Thanking the people of the state for choosing to live in peace, he stated;

I believe insecurity is the handiwork of the citizens and the people of Taraba have chosen to live peacefully and you are enjoying it. It is not the business of the federal or state governments alone.

Jonathan’s presidency of Nigeria from 2011 to 2015 coincided with the emergence of the Boko Haram sect as one of the world’s most dangerous terror groups, with hundreds of people killed and millions more displaced by the terrorists in the Northeast.

The abduction of 276 students from the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State, on April 14, 2014, was the apex of the terrorists’ crime against the state.