Nigeria’s ambassador-designate, Reno Omokri, has stated that the country is significantly safer today than it was a decade ago.
Speaking during an interview on Channels Television on Wednesday night, March 4, Omokri said that while Nigeria still faces some localized security challenges, the overall situation has improved when compared to 2016.
According to him, Nigeria was ranked among the world’s most terrorized nations in 2016 but has since made notable progress in reducing insecurity.
Omokri cited several large public events that took place without major incidents as examples of improved safety. He pointed to the popular “Detty December” festivities in Lagos, which reportedly attracted about 1.2 million tourists last year without any recorded robberies or significant security issues.
He also referenced the famous Argungu Fishing Festival held in Kebbi State in February, where about 50,000 fishermen and 500,000 spectators gathered without any fatalities or domestic incidents.
Additionally, Omokri highlighted the Ojude Oba Festival in Ijebu-Ode, which drew around 200,000 attendees from around the world in June last year without reports of violence.
‘’In 2016, we were the third most terrorized nation in the world. Now, we are not even in the top five. If you look at last December, we had 1,2 million tourists come into Lagos. There was not one robbery, not one domestic incident, nothing significant happened. Nobody was k!lled. In February, we had 50, 000 fishermen and 500, 000 spectators at Kebbi for the Argungu fishig festival. Not one person was k!lled. Nodomestic incident. Last year June, at the Ojude Oba festival, we had 200, 000 people from all over the world, they came there. Nobody was k!lled. We have localized security issues but the thing is that Nigeriai is much better than it was ten years ago”
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