L-R: Former Labour Party Vice Presidential Candidate, Datti Baba-Ahmed; immediate past National Chairman of PRP; ex-Cross River Governor Donald Duke and National Chairman, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed during the presentation of certificates to the party's candidates in Abuja on Wednesday. Photo Credit: Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis
Former Cross River State Governor and presidential candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party, Donald Duke, on Wednesday blamed Nigeria’s worsening insecurity and the estimated N2tn paid to kidnappers in 2025 on years of failed leadership.
Duke spoke in Abuja during the presentation of certificates of return and party flags to the PRP’s presidential, governorship and legislative candidates ahead of the 2027 general elections.
His concerns came five days after the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mohamed Malick Fall, demanded the release of school children and teachers abducted in recent attacks in Oyo and Borno states.
While accepting the party’s presidential nomination, Duke said Nigeria had lost its direction and was now being controlled by self-serving politicians who had deepened poverty and insecurity across the country.
