Kidnapping: Make Oriire rescue the standard, not the exception, ADC tells Tinubu

Photo collage of ADC publicity secretary Bolaji Abdullahi and President Bola Tinubu

By Luminous Jannamike, Abuja

The African Democratic Congress, ADC, on Friday urged President Bola Tinubu to make the successful rescue of abducted pupils and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State the national benchmark for fighting kidnapping, insisting that every Nigerian held captive, regardless of where they live, deserves the same urgency and determination from the Federal Government.

The opposition party said the rescue had given hope to many Nigerians but also left grieving families with an unavoidable question: if the government could free the Oriire victims without yielding to kidnappers’ demands, why should families in Kwara, Borno, and other states still be waiting for the same hope?

In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the ADC welcomed the rescue operation but urged the Tinubu administration to extend the same resolve nationwide.