Adeniyi, a veteran journalist and former Managing Director of the Daily Times urged the Federal Governments to stop the “inimical and insidious security breach which mandated citizens to link their NIN, BVN with their telephone numbers.”
High Chief Adeniyi, who is the Jagun Oodua Adimula ll of Yorubaland, stated in a statement that there is no place in the world where sensitive security detail like NIN, otherwise known as Social Insurance Number in other countries, is placed on the open market as Nigerians are being compelled to do.
He alleged that the scheme was politically-motivated and initiated by former President Muhammadu Buhari and gradually implemented by Isa Alli Pantami, the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy between 2019 and 2023.
“The origin of this politically-motivated scheming was when Buhari threw the Nigerian citizenship to all manners of migrants, particularly the Fulani from all over Africa, via his reckless pronouncement in Cairo, Egypt.
“A sham legislation was enacted which purportedly conferred Nigerian citizenship on any migrant who possessed a phone number attached to NIN and lived anywhere in the country for a year or two.
“The shenanigan was meant to seriously alter the country’s demographics,” High Chief Adeniyi further alleged.
He averred that anybody who gains access to other people’s NIN, now made porous through phone numbers, can easily commit all manners of criminality with the vital information so garnered.
“The Federal Government is exposing Nigerians to local, national and international crooks and criminals with the continuation of this severe security breach. It must be stopped today!!!
The veteran journalist and popular columnist called on Nigerian constitutional lawyers and security experts to step into the matter and quickly intervene and secure government compliance.
“Nigerians have been abused with silly and self-serving laws and regulations for too long. This security breach is one too many,” High Chief Adeniyi added.
