Nigeria’s real war is against moral decay, not bullets — Olu of Warri

Jaji, Kaduna — The Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III, has warned that Nigeria’s top conflict is not against equipped insurgents but against the deeper situation of motivation decay eroding society.

The monarch gave the informing connected Wednesday portion delivering a lecture astatine the ongoing last grooming workout Haske Biyu 2025 for elder subject officers astatine the Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC), Jaji, Kaduna. His lecture was titled: “Strengthening Family Values arsenic a Force for National Security: The Role of Traditional Institutions.”

According to him, the foundations of discipline, order, and motivation clarity—once rooted successful beardown families and accepted institutions—have collapsed, leaving gaps that insecurity exploits.

“I basal present not arsenic an adept but arsenic a household antheral and custodian of a accepted institution. Victory comes from God, but the courageousness to combat for a bequest indispensable travel from us. What we seek—strong household values and motivation clarity—will not travel without resistance,” the monarch said.

He stressed that insecurity cannot beryllium defeated with weapons alone, since adjacent the bravest soldiers are shaped by the values instilled successful their homes. Recalling the power of his precocious uncles, Squadron Leader Adebayo Shaw of the Nigerian Air Force and Colonel Kolawole Shaw of the Nigerian Army, the monarch said their discipline, punctuality, honesty, and courageousness near a lifelong imprint connected him.

“The military’s top acquisition to nine is not firepower, but the values it represents,” helium said.

Although helium erstwhile dreamt of joining the Navy, Ogiame Atuwatse III said his precocious father, Ogiame Atuwatse II, discouraged him, insisting that God’s intent would prevail implicit quality plans. Still, helium noted that his condemnation successful the transformative powerfulness of subject and justness has remained strong.

The Olu lamented that accepted rulers, contempt being “custodians of values and arbiters of motivation authority,” are often sidelined by government, adjacent though they are expected to stitchery intelligence, mediate conflicts, and sphere peace.

“In a federation wherever radical inactive place archetypal with their roots, rulers acceptable the tone. When we embody integrity and discipline, our radical follow. That is wherefore accepted institutions stay applicable to nationalist security,” helium added.

He further warned that insecurity thrives wherever household subject collapses and assemblage cohesion fades, stressing the request to revive storytelling, proverbs, and communal surviving arsenic motivation guardrails.

“Our accepted institutions were the archetypal storytellers, shaping codes of conduct. Even successful this integer age, with due support, we tin inactive power narratives and norms successful society,” the monarch declared.

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