Tinubu’s Leadership Has Collapsed Under Rising Insecurity – Atiku

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has condemned the abduction of schoolchildren and educators in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, as well as the killing of several residents in Katsina State, describing the incidents as evidence of a collapse of leadership under the current administration.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, Atiku expressed grief over the reported death of one of the teachers kidnapped during the Ogbomoso incident, warning that worsening insecurity across the country had exposed deep cracks in the nation’s security framework.

The former vice president criticised the government’s response to the attacks, stating that armed criminals are abducting schoolchildren and slaughtering innocent citizens while the President’s response remains the same ritual of condemnation and threats that the perpetrators will face the full wrath of the law.

He argued that Nigerians have heard the same script too many times, describing it as predictable and meaningless. He called on the President to stop governing by obituary statements, saying that enough of recycled outrage and empty threats.

Atiku stated that recurring attacks on schools and communities across the country have emboldened criminal groups who now operate with terrifying confidence. He said a president who only finds his voice after blood has been spilt is not leading but presiding over failure.

He noted that the horrifying abduction in Ogbomoso and the gruesome killings in Katsina are not isolated incidents but part of a grim national pattern in which criminals no longer fear the Nigerian state.

The former vice president questioned the repeated use of official statements following violent attacks, arguing that condolences without decisive action have failed to reassure Nigerians. He asked what comfort the full wrath of the law offers to families already burying their loved ones.

He also raised concerns over alleged attempts to suppress graphic evidence of attacks from circulating in the public space, stating that if the government is more interested in censoring evidence of mass killings than in preventing them, that amounts to cruelty of the highest order.

Atiku added that a government which cannot protect the living but seeks to censor evidence of their deaths has lost every moral right to govern. He described the situation as a security failure, a moral failure, a leadership failure, and a national disgrace.

He called for the immediate rescue of all abducted victims in Oyo State, stronger security operations in vulnerable communities, and a comprehensive overhaul of Nigeria’s security architecture.