Nigeria is quite safe, according to Senator George Sekibo, head of the Senate Committee on Navy.
He addressed on Saturday night in Abuja at the conferral of the Fellow membership of Girne American University Cyprus.
He was responding to a statement made by Praise Folaji, the school’s regional manager for West Africa and partnership advisor, who claimed that Serhat Akpinar, the chancellor of the university, was not present due to the unrest in Nigeria.
Folaji had brought up the recent murder of American embassy personnel in Anambra.
But Sekibo, who was one of the recipients of the Fellowship award, said: “Nigeria is very safe, that’s why all of us are here. Apart from few politicians who may have escorts or security, I believe 99% of the people here did not need anybody to escort them to this place.
“And there was no gunshot or issues of killings or kidnapping in Nigeria for the past couple of months. I say so because this is an international programme, and as a senator representing you (audience), it would be wrong for me to admit that Nigeria is not safe.
“Sometimes, events can happen anywhere. There’s no country in the world events do not happen. Nigeria is like other countries in the world. In America, even small children carry guns to kill themselves. I think we have not reached that level. So, Nigeria is very safe.”
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