Abductions of students, teachers, IDPs proof of failure in governance

The presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has described the abductions of internally displaced persons (IDPs) teachers and schoolchildren in Borno and Kaduna States.

Atiku made this assertion in a statement via his X handle on Friday.

“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 are the primary responsibility of government.”

Atiku urged security agencies to rise up to the challenge and save innocent citizens from the horrors of banditry and terrorism.