Former vice president Atiku Abubakar has condemned the recent abductions in Borno and Kaduna states.
On Thursday, approximately 287 students were reported missing after bandits attacked the Government Secondary School in Kuriga, Chikun LGA of Kaduna State.
In Borno, more than 200 internally displaced persons (IDPs) were kidnapped by bandits from their camp in Ngala LGA on Tuesday.
Atiku expressed his concerns about the increasing insecurity in the country in a post on X.
He blamed the All Progressives Congress-led government for failing to protect the lives of its citizens.
“The media has been awash with terrifying news of banditry, kidnapping, and bloodletting that has turned our country into perhaps one of the most terrorized territories on earth,” he said.
“Within one week, there have been many reported cases of mass abduction of hapless citizens in the Northwest and Northeast regions of our country.
“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. The government has continued to play the ostrich while the nation is plagued by insecurity.
“While the weak and vulnerable are neglected, the government is making empty rhetoric about reforms.
“And while our young men are abducted, killed, or conscripted into the army of the terrorists and our women and girls are ravished and subjected to different forms of gender-based violence, the authorities do nothing.
“This is in negation of the constitutionally guaranteed commitment that the security and welfare of citizens is the primary responsibility of government.”
Atiku is calling on security agencies to step up and protect innocent citizens from the dangers of banditry and terrorism.
