The African Democratic Congress, ADC, 2027 presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on Friday, said the most damning indictment of the President Bola Tinubu administration’s three-year record is the resurgence of mass abductions and the growing sense that the Nigerian state is steadily losing its monopoly over security.
Atiku disclosed that under Tinubu’s three years in office, terrorists and criminals have been distributing fear in Nigeria.
The former Vice President, in a statement by his media aide, Phrank Shaibu, highlighted the recent abduction of schoolchildren in Borno State and the mass kidnapping of pupils and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State as part of evidence to back his claim.
He said, “While government officials celebrate themselves and distribute scorecards, terrorists and criminal gangs are distributing fear across the country.
“The recent abduction of schoolchildren in Borno State and the mass kidnapping of pupils and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State are not isolated incidents. They are the most accurate report card of this administration after three years in office.
“What greater evidence of failure can there be than parents sending their children to school only to receive news that they have been abducted? What greater symbol of governmental failure exists than classrooms becoming hunting grounds for criminals?
“Three years into this administration, Nigerian children are still being dragged into forests by terrorists and kidnappers. Three years into this administration, communities remain vulnerable. Three years into this administration, citizens continue to pay the price for a government that appears more concerned with managing headlines than securing lives.
“The tragedy of Borno and Oyo is not merely a security failure. It is the inevitable consequence of a government that has become detached from reality and addicted to propaganda.
“When governments become consumed by self-praise, they stop listening. When they stop listening, they stop learning. And when they stop learning, they begin to fail.”
