One time Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has accused the government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of looking the other way as the North is reeling in Bloodbath through banditry and other criminalities.
“The resurgence of killings in the North-Central shows clearly that the Tinubu administration has abandoned the region to bloodshed. Kwara, once safe, is now a hotspot of bandit and kidnap attacks. Niger State has seen militants attack military bases, murder soldiers, and even massacre worshippers in a mosque. Plateau and Benue continue to bury their dead while the Federal Government looks away.”
In a personally signed statement today, September 2, Atiku said that by May this year, 2025, just two years of Tinubu’s rule, over 10,000 lives had been lost in Northern states, with Benue accounting for more than half.
He added that since then, mass killings continue weekly, while the Tinubu government pretends nothing is wrong. “This is a monumental failure in the basic duty of securing lives and property.”
Atiku said that instead of fighting insecurity, the ruling APC has been fighting the opposition, using thugs, infiltrators, and hired hooligans to break up political meetings in Kaduna, Kebbi, and Ogun.
“In each case, security forces failed to act and even blamed the victims. The silence of the APC leadership is proof of complicity.”
Atiku, who contested 2023 Presidential election against Tinubu, under the umbrella of the People’s Democratic Part (PDP), made it clear that violence is a vicious circle that will eventually consume those who use it.
“Any politician who needs violence to win is desperate, unpopular, and dangerous to democracy.
“We remind the Nigeria Police: you are funded by taxpayers, not by the APC. Your duty is to remain neutral, fair, and constitutional. Anything less is betrayal of public trust.”
