June 3, 2026
Atiku Abubakar and Bola Tinubu.
By Omeiza Ajayi, ABUJA
Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has demanded that President Bola Tinubu immediately mobilise all security and intelligence agencies to secure the unconditional release of schoolchildren and their teachers abducted in Oyo State, warning that a government unable to protect schoolchildren has failed one of the most basic tests of leadership.
Atiku, who spoke through his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, described the reported dispatch of government officials bearing bags of rice and other palliatives to the families of victims as cruel, morally bankrupt, and an open confession of failure.
