Seek help or resign, PDP tells Tinubu

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the APC-led Federal Government of failing in its primary duty to protect Nigerians, warning President Bola Tinubu to either seek help or ‘resign’ as school kidnappings surge across the country

At a press briefing held on Sunday in Abuja, the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Ini Ememobong, said the recent abductions of students in Kebbi and Niger States exposed the government’s inability to manage a worsening security crisis, especially in Northern Nigeria.

He said the administration’s contemplation of closing schools in affected states amounts to a complete ‘surrender’ to terrorists.

“We warn that this closure, if undertaken, like many of this administration’s quick-fix approaches to serious governance issues, will amount to a complete surrender to terrorists, whose sole aim is to shut down schools and prevent children from obtaining formal education,” the party said.

Ememobong said the PDP is alarmed that the Federal Government has still not offered a coordinated response despite multiple kidnappings in less than a week, describing the presidency’s approach as slow, unempathetic, and politically motivated.

“More troubling is the fact that when these unfortunate incidents happen, the administration’s response is usually lacklustre and unempathetic,” he said.

He criticised President Tinubu for delegating the response to the Minister of State for Defence rather than visiting the affected communities himself.

“Instead of the President visiting Kebbi and Niger States to meet and sympathise with the parents of the children who are in captivity, and to address the security personnel there, he merely directed the Minister of State for Defence to relocate to Kebbi,” the PDP stated.

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