Nollywood actress Hilda Dokubo has frowned at President Bola Tinubu’s decision to quote Bible passages while addressing insecurity, saying that what ordinary Nigerians need are protection and real solutions.
She expressed her frustration on Friday, 5 June, in a now-trending video shared on her official Instagram page.
According to Dokubo, when the president was fielding questions on worsening insecurity recently, he chose to reference the biblical story of Abraham and Isaac.
The thespian questioned the value placed on citizens’ lives, stressing that Nigerians are not looking for sermons, but answers.
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She added that they want explanations as to why they live in constant fear, why children are still being kidnapped, and why villages and farmlands remain unsafe, among other questions.
“Nigerians are not Isaac. Oga president, Nigerians are not asking for sermons and parables. We are asking why we cannot sleep with both eyes closed, why we must live in this kind of fear, why our children are still being abducted, why villages are raided, and why mothers are burying children they prayed for. That is the question, Mr President, and no amount of scripture can hide that,” Dokubo said.
In a follow-up video, the veteran actress pointed out the sharp contrast between the president’s secure lifestyle and the daily struggles of ordinary Nigerians.
She noted that the privileges he enjoys, alongside the protection offered to his family, have made him distant from the pain of citizens who face violence without succour.
She added, “You live a great life, escorted by armed security, while farmers lose their land and children are tied up in tears. They don’t need parables about Abraham and Isaac. They need empathy and action. The land bleeds, and what flows in our rivers is not water, but the blood and tears of Nigerians.”