Jesutega Onokpasa, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says President Bola Tinubu has “failed woefully” based on the performance of his administration.

Speaking in an interview with Arise Television on Sunday, Onokpasa warned that Tinubu may end up being a one-term president if he did not improve in his performance.

Onokpasa also wondered why Sheriff Oborevwori, governor of Delta, who he referred to as his cousin, defected to the APC.

The APC chieftain said the governor’s defection to the ruling party does not add any value to the APC or the state.

Onokpasa added that the ruling party should not focus on the defection of opposition politicians into its fold but on good governance.

He said the defections of opposition leaders to the APC negate the principles of democracy.

“It is not a question of people defecting to our party. It is a question of are we ruling well? In that sense, we failed woefully,” he said.

“President Bola Tinubu has failed woefully to rule well, provide food for Nigerians, and give succour in these hard times.

“Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, who recently defected to our party, is actually my cousin. I don’t have the slightest idea why he defected to our party. He did not inform me. I wish him well.

“I don’t think it has value to him, our party, or Delta state.

“The whole idea of packing people into our party—that is not democracy. The interesting thing is that you must always have opposition because people must disagree. The idea of a one-party state is simply unattainable.

“There must be disagreement. Even in our party, we disagree.

“I can tell you for free that at the rate we are going, all these things (defections) won’t help us in 2027. If we are not careful, Bola Tinubu will end up as a one-term president. Quote me anywhere.”

The Nigerian Army has explained why civilians cannot use military uniforms in whatever guise.

It said wearing military uniforms is a crime, which could attract jail terms.

Army’s Chief of Civil-Military Affairs (CCMA), Major.-Gen. Gold Chibuisi, made the clarification on Saturday night during a media chat with Defence correspondents in Abuja.

The CCMA noted that respecting the uniform is an important part of strengthening national security and building trust between the military and the public.

Gen. Chibuisi said the misuse of military attire by unauthorized persons not only violates the law but also aids criminal activities.

He said: “I am a bit surprised that most briefs we give in our programmes, we always talk about this issue of uniform because it keeps recurring.

“It is against the law of the land. If you are not in the armed forces or the security agencies, to use their uniform — whether you love it or not — is a crime.

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“If you like the military, join the military. “Don’t wear our uniform if you are not one of us.”

The CCMA stressed that the law must be respected to maintain the integrity and safety of the Armed Forces.

Highlighting the security risks, Chibuisi noted that criminals increasingly exploit military uniforms to commit crimes, making it harder for civilians and security agencies to identify genuine soldiers.

“Currently, there are a lot of criminals using military garb to perpetrate crime,” he said. “If people keep dressing like that, how do you differentiate between a criminal and a genuine soldier?”

Gen. Chibuisi explained that soldiers are trained to arrest civilians caught wearing military gear and hand them over to the police for prosecution.

“All these other things that come with it — harassment or rough handling those caught— are not right. And we are doing sensitization on them. The soldiers that we get evidence against, we always sanction them sternly,” he said.