Oyo abduction: Face insecurity or own failure, PDP tells Tinubu

By Luminous Jannamike

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, aligned with Governor Seyi Makinde on Monday told President Bola Tinubu to either confront the country’s worsening insecurity head-on or accept responsibility for what it described as the Federal Government’s failure to protect Nigerians, following the killing of a mathematics teacher abducted during attacks on three schools in Oyo State.

The party said the latest killing had once again exposed the growing fear surrounding schools and communities across the country, where kidnappings, attacks on learning institutions and ransom demands were increasingly shaping everyday life. It warned that continued violence targeting schools could deepen Nigeria’s education crisis and force even more children out of classrooms.

The position was contained in a statement by the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong, on behalf of the party’s Interim National Working Committee.

“The government must choose between confronting insecurity head-on or accepting responsibility for its failure,” the party said.

Describing the killing as yet another indication of helplessness in the management of security under the Tinubu-led APC administration, the PDP said insecurity had now moved beyond a national crisis to become part of the daily reality faced by ordinary Nigerians.

“What was once considered an alarming anomaly has now been normalised by a government that has repeatedly demonstrated either a lack of capacity to confront it or the political will to reverse it,” it stated.

The party said the latest attack had added to an endless catalogue of victims, warning that the growing wave of kidnappings was fuelling a ransom economy that had quietly drained trillions of Naira from ordinary Nigerians.

“We urge the government to move beyond its familiar performative assurances about bringing culprits to justice and instead deploy practical, sustained, and results-driven security interventions merely press statements and condolences,” the statement added.

The PDP said repeated attacks on schools amounted to a direct threat to the country’s future, especially at a time Nigeria was already battling one of the world’s highest numbers of out-of-school children.

“The targeting of schools is not incidental; it is a direct assault on Nigeria’s future,” the party said.

It warned that continued attacks on learning institutions could discourage school attendance, deepen fear among parents and further weaken literacy levels across the country, with long-term consequences for national development.

The opposition party also accused the Federal Government of responding to insecurity in a half-hearted and disjointed manner while allegedly focusing more attention on weakening opposition politics.

“We admonish the President to devote even half the energy, tact, and strategy his administration invests in constricting the political space for the opposition towards building a security architecture capable of protecting lives and communities,” it said.

The PDP, however, said meaningful progress remained possible through a whole-of-society approach backed by political will, community participation and stronger institutional coordination.

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