Former Vice-President Atiku Abubaka has criticised the federal government over the worsening insecurity in Kwara state.
In a post shared on his Facebook page, Abubakar bemoaned the administration’s “monumental failure” to protect citizens, warning that violence in the north-central had reached alarming levels
He said the resurgence of killings in the north-central shows clearly that the Tinubu administration has abandoned the region to bloodshed.
“Kwara, once safe, is now a hotspot of bandit and kidnap attacks. Niger state has seen militants attack military bases, murder soldiers, and even massacre worshippers in a mosque,” he wrote.
“Plateau and Benue continue to bury their dead while the federal government looks away.”
The former vice-president stressed that as of May, just two years into Tinubu’s presidency, over 10,000 lives had been lost in northern states, with Benue accounting for more than half.
He decried that killings and abductions had persisted every week, while the government “pretends nothing is wrong.”
“Instead of fighting insecurity, the ruling APC is fighting the opposition using thugs, infiltrators, and hired hooligans to break up political meetings in Kaduna, Kebbi, and Ogun,” he added.
“In each case, security forces failed to act and even blamed the victims. The silence of the APC leadership is proof of complicity.”
Abubakar also cautioned the police against partisanship.
“You are funded by taxpayers, not by the APC. Your duty is to remain neutral, fair, and constitutional. Anything less is betrayal of public trust,” he said.
His criticism came amid reports that residents of Ndanakun village in Patigi LGA of Kwara have deserted their homes after repeated bandit attacks.
Meanwhile, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, the governor of Kwara, convened a security council meeting on Monday with heads of security agencies to review clearance operations against non-state actors.
He said that the meeting discussed arrests, prosecutions, and recovery of arms across the state.
