By Ayomide Otitoju
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on President Bola Tinubu to seek external assistance or resign, citing renewed attacks and mass abductions of schoolchildren in several northern states.
At a press briefing in Abuja on Sunday, PDP National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong, said the recent kidnappings in Kebbi, Niger, and Kwara highlight what he described as the Tinubu administration’s inability to address Nigeria’s worsening security crisis.
Ememobong accused the government of failing in its core constitutional duty to protect citizens. “At any time government is unwilling, unable, or incapable of executing this primary role, such a government must either ask for help—locally or internationally—or honourably resign,” he said.
He also criticised federal and state authorities for shutting down schools in response to the attacks, arguing that the move signals a capitulation to terrorists and endangers educational access in the region. According to UNICEF, the North accounts for most of Nigeria’s 18.3 million out-of-school children.
The PDP spokesman described the government’s reaction to the recent abductions as “slow, unempathetic, and politically motivated,” faulting President Tinubu for directing the Minister of State for Defence to visit Kebbi State instead of travelling there himself.
Ememobong said the party is alarmed that the Federal Government has yet to issue a coordinated response despite multiple mass kidnappings within days, noting that stronger leadership is urgently needed to reassure citizens and support security agencies.
