Nigeria, June 14 -- The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has alleged that the worsening insecurity in the country is being sponsored by enemies of President Bola Tinubu who do not want Nigeria's democracy to succeed.

Mr Akpabio made the remarks in Abuja on Saturday at the public presentation of three books in honour of former Head of State Abdulsalami Abubakar as part of activities marking his 84th birthday. One of the books is Mr Abubakar's autobiography.

Mr Abubakar, a retired army general, became Nigeria's Head of State in June 1998 after the death of Sani Abacha, who had ruled the country from 1993 until he died in 1998.

Less than a year after assuming office, he successfully supervised a transition programme that culmina...