In the twinkling lights of Jos, former President Olusegun Obasanjo dropped a bombshell.
It was Friday night, November 28, 2025, at the Plateau State Unity Christmas Carol and Praise Festival.
The venue: Ten Commandments Prayer Altar, Dwei-Du, Jos South Local Government Area.
Obasanjo, 88 and unfiltered, stared down the crowd of dignitaries.
Among them: ex-Governors Joshua Dariye and Jonah Jang, Dame Pauline Tallen, General Martin Luther Agwai (rtd.).
He didn't mince words about President Bola Tinubu's administration.
"Nigerians are being killed every day," he thundered.
"Our government seems incapable of protecting us."
Whispers rippled, had the elder statesman just greenlit foreign meddling?
Obasanjo recalled his 1999-2007 tenure fondly.
"Before I left office, Nigeria could apprehend any criminal, anywhere."
Drones? Intelligence? "We have them now, use them to eliminate bandits."
His voice rose, echoing Plateau's scarred Christmases past.
No more holiday bloodbaths, he vowed, eyes fierce.
"Why negotiate with terrorists? Why apologize?"
The crowd leaned in, phones capturing every barb.
Recent horrors fueled his fire: 315 students snatched in Niger State.
Schoolgirls vanished in Kebbi; worshippers abducted in Kwara, streamed live.
Bandits raid freely in the northwest, northeast, Middle Belt.
Obasanjo's verdict? Total failure of will.
"If the government cannot protect us, we have the right to call the international community."
No apologies, he insisted. Every life,vChristian, Muslim, pagan matters.
The killing must stop, he demanded, pounding the lectern.
Tinubu's team stayed silent as clips exploded online.
X buzzed with #ObasanjoVsTinubu, fans hailing his guts.
Critics whispered: Is this elder statesmanship or political sabotage?
Plateau Governor Caleb Mutfwang, host of the second annual event, nodded solemnly.
He'd organized it for unity, but Obasanjo turned it into a reckoning.
As carols faded into night, one question lingered: Will Tinubu strike back, or drones fly?
For Nigerians weary of graves over gifts, Obasanjo's cry feels like a lifeline.
Yet in Abuja's corridors, it stings like scandal, a giant calling out the throne.
The season of peace? It's now a plea for survival.
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