In a country where silence is often mistaken for wisdom, Senator Enyinnaya Harcourt Abaribe just proved that real patriotism sometimes sounds like thunder.
On Wednesday, 26 November 2025, during a Senate session that will be remembered for years, the Abia South lawmaker stood up and did what very few Nigerian politicians dare to do anymore: he spoke truth to power, loudly, clearly, and without apology.
With the nation reeling from yet another wave of banditry, kidnapping, and bloodletting across multiple states, Abaribe tore into the Tinubu administration’s security strategy—or what he bluntly called the absence of one.
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His words were sharp, unsparing, and delivered with the moral authority of a man who has consistently put principle above party loyalty.
He reminded his colleagues that Nigerians are dying daily while the Senate debates trivialities. He accused the government of treating insecurity like a public relations problem instead of the existential threat it has become.
And in a moment that instantly went viral, he challenged the leadership to stop the “business-as-usual” attitude and declare a national emergency on security.
This was not the first time Abaribe has shown this kind of courage:He was the one who, in 2018, stood surety for Nnamdi Kanu and later demanded the government produce him instead of hiding behind “he jumped bail.”
He has repeatedly called for restructuring and true federalism when it was unpopular in his own party.
He has never been afraid to criticise any administration—Buhari’s or Tinubu’s—when the lives of ordinary Nigerians are on the line.
In November 2025, while many of his colleagues chose comfortable silence or rehearsed praise-singing, Abaribe chose the harder path: speaking for the voiceless, the terrorised farmer in Zamfara, the grieving parent in Plateau, the traumatised student in the North-East.
That is why Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe deserves national applause today. Not because he is perfect, but because he reminds us that leadership is not about keeping your seat—it is about having the guts to stand up when everyone else is sitting down.
Thank you, Distinguished Senator. Nigeria is proud of you.
