Buba Galadima Calls For Recolonisation, Says Britain Should “Return And Sanitise Nigeria”
December 2, 2025
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Northern political figure and chieftain of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Buba Galadima, has said Nigeria has deteriorated to such a critical point that inviting Britain to re-colonise the country might be the only way to restore order, security, and good governance.
Speaking in an interview with AIT on Monday, Galadima declared that the Nigerian government has failed “on all fronts,” including security, agriculture, rule of law, and democratic accountability, leaving the nation on the edge of collapse.
“If they can’t secure this country, then let them ask Britain to come back and colonise us,” he said. “They should come back, sanitise the country, enforce the rule of law, teach us democracy, and stop corruption.”
When asked about the way forward amid growing insecurity, poverty, and political manipulation, Galadima emphasised that Nigerians must stop exchanging their votes for petty inducements.
“It’s very simple — don’t take their ₦200 and Indomie,” he said.
But when the host noted that poverty makes vote-buying almost inevitable, Galadima retorted:
“Then take it and suffer. I’m not concerned with what is happening.”
The NNPP chieftain, known for his decades-long involvement in Nigeria’s political landscape, argued that citizens must take responsibility for electing poor leaders.
Despite the escalating insecurity in the North—which has pushed thousands of farmers off their land—Galadima said he still goes to his farm daily.
“If I stay at home, I die of hunger; if I go to the farm, maybe I survive,” he said.
He criticised the current administration for undermining local agriculture while enriching importers.
“Even farming has been destroyed by this government. They’ve opened the borders for massive importation. A bag of beans is ₦25,000. How many bags must a farmer sell to buy one bag of fertiliser?”
On the worsening security situation, Galadima warned that Abuja itself is not immune to the growing wave of banditry.
“At the rate we are going, if bandits coordinate among themselves, they can take over Abuja,” he cautioned.
“If 500 motorcycles with three bandits on each come from Kaduna, Lokoja, and Keffi, what military unit will stop them?”
Addressing questions about controversial Islamic cleric Ahmad Gumi, Galadima noted that Gumi once served in the Nigerian Army.
“He was a captain or a major,” he said, adding that the government does not need Gumi to negotiate with bandits because it already knows what to do but refuses to act.
“The right thing doesn’t bring money into pockets,” he added pointedly.
Although he disagrees with some of Gumi’s positions, Galadima maintained that the cleric remains a Nigerian offering an alternative perspective to the government’s failing strategy.
Taking aim at the political class, he said:
“From sycophants and bootlickers, you will never hear the truth.”
Galadima insisted that Nigeria needs radical steps—including the deployment of foreign mercenaries—if the government is unwilling or unable to confront banditry, corruption, and institutional decay.
He stressed that his comments come from patriotism, not provocation.
“Does it matter whether it is a blue man, a black man, or a yellow man who brings peace and puts food on your table?” he asked.
“I am patriotic. That’s why I have the guts to say this.”