Abductions: Atiku accuses nation’s leaders of failing to protect citizens

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…Says govt won’t allow Nigeria slither into era of fear

By Folorunso Alagbede, Abuja

Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has berated the nation’s leaders, accusing them of failing to protect the citizens in the face of general insecurity in the country.
Atiku made the accusation yesterday in reaction to the kidnapping of two Journalists as well as a 78-year-old Mr Takai Shamang, President and Founder of Gantys Aid for Widows, Orphans and Needy Foundation (GAWON) and former President General of the National Union of Electricity, all in Kaduna State.
Describing the kidnap as despicable, the PDP presidential candidate in the last general election pointedly declared that the incident underscored the dire state of the nation’s security and the gross failure of the country’s leaders to protect its citizens.
“These abductions are damning indictments of our leaders’ failure to secure the safety of citizens and an intolerable breach of press freedom (as it relates to the journalists)”, he said in his tweet messages.
According to him, “In these perilous times, the courageous sentinels of truth, our journalists, stand as beacons of light, unwavering in their duty to hold power accountable.
“Yet, they find themselves besieged not only by the terror of abductors but also by a government that continues to assault their freedom through arrests and detention.
“Adding to this travesty is the kidnap of 78-year-old Mr Takai Shamang, President and Founder of Gantys Aid for Widows, Orphans and Needy Foundation (GAWON) and former President General of the National Union of Electricity and Gas Workers (now known as the National Union of Electricity Employees) between 1982 and 1989.
“Before then, Janet Galadima-Gimba, a customary court judge in the same Kaduna, had been abducted and released. But her sons are still in captivity, with the abductors reportedly making a demand of N150 million as ransom.
“Elsewhere in Katsina, 75-year-old Hauwa’u Adamu, mother of the popular Hausa singer, Dauda Kahutu Rarara, or Rarara, as he is fondly known was kidnapped on Friday.
“This despicable act underscores the dire state of our nation’s security and the gross failure of our leaders to protect its citizens.
“These abductions are damning indictments of our leaders’ failure to secure the safety of citizens and an intolerable breach of press freedom (as it relates to the journalists).
“My thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends of the abducted.
“I call upon the security agencies to act decisively and without delay to secure their release but to prioritise intelligence gathering and sharing”, he said’.

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