Nigeria, April 23 -- National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu has come out swinging, blaming the country's deepening insecurity on what he called an "extremely bad government" inherited by President Bola Tinubu's administration.

Ribadu made the statement during a condolence visit to Benue State on Tuesday, following the gruesome killing of over 72 people by terrorists disguised as herdsmen.

"The security situation we met was terrible," Ribadu said, urging Benue residents to give Tinubu's government a fair chance. "Stop politicizing the killings.

It's impossible to post soldiers in every hamlet, but our Armed Forces are doing well. Peace will return, but we need time."

Ribadu condemned the violence, stressing that while progress has been ...