Nigeria, Nov. 25 -- As Nigeria grapples with growing security challenges, a former minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Nduese Essien, has accused President Bola Tinubu administration of failing in its constitutional duty to protect citizens.

In a statement he issued on Monday in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Mr Essien described the wave of killings, kidnappings and terrorist attacks sweeping across the country as evidence of a government that has lost control and prioritised political survival over national security.

Mr Essien, a former member of the House of Representatives, cited a disturbing list of recent attacks as proof that insecurity has become a "normalised" national condition.

In Borno State, Musa Uba, a brigadier gener...