Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate for 2023, has condemned the level of insecurity and murders in Benue and the kidnappings in the states of Kaduna and Borno.
Recall that over 280 students and teachers from LEA Primary School and Government Secondary School in Kuriga, Kaduna State, were abducted by bandits last Thursday.
This incident occurred just one day after 200 internally displaced women in Borno State were kidnapped by insurgents.
In response, Atiku, in a statement on Friday, bemoaned Nigeria’s insecurity to be getting worse and that was an obvious sign of a failing political system.
The former vice president stated, “The insecurity issue in Nigeria is becoming worse every day. Our nation may now rank among the most terrorized places on earth as a result of the horrifying news of banditry, kidnapping, and bloodletting that has been all over the media.
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He added, “within one week, there have been many reported cases of mass abduction of hapless citizens in the Northwest, Northeast and North-central regions of our country. In the early hours of Thursday, school children numbering over 280, together with their teachers, were abducted in Kunga, Kaduna State, by bandits riding on motorcycles, without any challenge by security agencies. Earlier in the week, it was reported that scores of women and children fetching firewood were abducted by gun-toting bandits suspected to be members of Boko Haram. It was also reported that over 200 people, mostly women and children, were abducted from the IDP camp in Ngala in Borno State. Just yesterday, scores of people were killed during a massacre at Wa-ndoo, a community in Mbalom, Gwer-East Local Government Area of Benue State.
He cited that the cases are endless, and the problem seems interminable.
“The APC-controlled government has failed woefully to give the people the basic things expected of a responsive government. It is a clear manifestation of the failure of governance,” he said.
Atiku, expressing sympathy for the victims and their families, urged security agencies to step up and safeguard Nigerians from bandits and terrorists.
