{"id":197737,"date":"2026-03-26T18:28:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T17:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/apc-lacks-capacity-to-tackle-insecurity-mark"},"modified":"2026-03-26T20:52:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T19:52:26","slug":"apc-lacks-capacity-to-tackle-insecurity-mark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-lacks-capacity-to-tackle-insecurity-mark","title":{"rendered":"APC lacks capacity to tackle insecurity \u2014 Mark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A former Senate President, David Mark, has said the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) lacks the capacity to effectively address the worsening insecurity in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Mark made the assertion on Wednesday in Abuja while speaking at a stakeholders\u2019 meeting with party members and supporters, where he expressed concern over the persistent wave of violence across several parts of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that despite repeated assurances by the APC led government, insecurity has continued to escalate, leaving citizens vulnerable and communities displaced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe truth must be told. The current administration has not demonstrated the required capacity to tackle insecurity decisively,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The former Senate president stressed that the protection of lives and property remains the primary responsibility of any government, adding that failure in that regard undermines public trust and national stability.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, Nigerians deserve a government that can guarantee their safety and restore confidence in the nation\u2019s security architecture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. A former Senate President, David Mark, has said the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) lacks the capacity to effectively address the worsening insecurity in the country. Mr Mark made the assertion on Wednesday in Abuja while speaking at a stakeholders\u2019 meeting with party members and supporters, where he expressed concern over the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":197736,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-197737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>APC lacks capacity to tackle insecurity \u2014 Mark - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A former Senate President, David Mark, has said the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) lacks the capacity to effecti ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-lacks-capacity-to-tackle-insecurity-mark\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"APC lacks capacity to tackle insecurity \u2014 Mark\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A former Senate President, David Mark, has said the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) lacks the capacity to effecti ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-lacks-capacity-to-tackle-insecurity-mark\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-26T17:28:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-26T19:52:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/sm_1774554671.875986.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-lacks-capacity-to-tackle-insecurity-mark#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-lacks-capacity-to-tackle-insecurity-mark\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"APC lacks capacity to tackle insecurity \u2014 Mark\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-26T17:28:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-26T19:52:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-lacks-capacity-to-tackle-insecurity-mark\"},\"wordCount\":174,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-lacks-capacity-to-tackle-insecurity-mark#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/sm_1774554671.875986.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-lacks-capacity-to-tackle-insecurity-mark#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-lacks-capacity-to-tackle-insecurity-mark\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-lacks-capacity-to-tackle-insecurity-mark\",\"name\":\"APC lacks capacity to tackle insecurity \u2014 Mark - 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