PDP slams APC-led authorities over Nigeria’s world terrorism index

The Peoples Democratic Party has condemned Nigeria’s rating because the fourth most impacted nation within the 2026 International Terrorism Index, describing it as a damning indictment of the All Progressives Congress-led administration’s dealing with of nationwide safety.

In accordance with the International Terrorism Report, the Sahel area has emerged because the “world epicentre of terrorism,” accounting for nearly half of all terrorism-related fatalities for the third consecutive 12 months in 2025.

The report, launched on Thursday, confirmed that Nigeria climbed to fourth place on the index, recording 750 deaths in 2025—a 46 per cent improve in comparison with the earlier 12 months.

In a press release issued on Thursday, the PDP’s Nationwide Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong, stated the report displays worsening insecurity throughout the nation and accused the federal government of failing in its main accountability to guard lives and property.

The PDP urged President Bola Tinubu to make use of his political acumen to decisively tackle the safety of lives and property throughout the nation.

The assertion learn partially, “The just-released International Terrorism Index 2026 by the Institute for Economics and Peace signifies that our nation, beneath the management of the APC-led authorities, has infamously earned a fourth place on the planet on the affect of terrorism survey.

“Nigeria and 4 different nations accounted for nearly seventy per cent of deaths from terrorism. Nigeria additionally had one of many two largest will increase in deaths from terrorism. Whereas this report is no surprise to Nigerians, it’s most painful that those that promised and have been elected and appointed to safe our nation are successful, eating, and dancing in a faraway land, while terrorists are killing and kidnapping residents rampantly.”

“This world report aligns with the day by day lived actuality of Nigerians, who are actually extra insecure than they’ve ever been on this Fourth Republic. The truth is, beneath President Tinubu’s watch, insecurity has not simply change into very profitable; it has attained a trillion-naira economic system standing.”

“We name on the President and your entire safety hierarchy to cease performing reactive responses which have outlined post-attack communications and reasonably undertake a whole-of-society method in direction of fixing insecurity.

“Moreover, they need to evolve programmes and insurance policies able to delivering unfavorable peace (cessation of assaults and incidents) instantly and offering the idea for optimistic peace (voluntary and unforced harmonious co-existence).

“It wants reminding that the first obligation of each authorities is the safety of lives and property—a process that this administration has constantly and obviously failed.”