US EditionNigeria: Video Shows Bandits Grilling Kebbi Schoolgirls Before Their Release
Atiku called the rescue a 'damning reminder' of terrorists negotiating ransom freely while the government spins incompetence as success, with 24 girls recently released in Kebbi.
- On Wednesday, Former Vice‑President Atiku Abubakar berated the Federal Government of Nigeria over its handling of the release of 24 abducted schoolgirls in Maga, Kebbi State, calling the rescue a shameful whitewash of a national tragedy.
- The Presidency's information adviser, Bayo Onanuga, told Arise News TV that the Department of State Services and the military tracked kidnappers in real time and secured the girls' release without paying ransom.
- The opposition leader argued terrorists now operate freely and bandits act as an alternative government negotiating, collecting ransom, and walking away untouched under Tinubu.
- He questioned why tracked kidnappers were not arrested, neutralised or dismantled on the spot and accused Bayo Onanuga of insulting Nigerians with propaganda.
- Warning that operations risk civilian harm, Atiku said security efforts must avoid bombing innocent Nigerians near bandit strongholds and warned that allowing abductors to return risks repeat kidnappings.
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By Adedapo Adesanya Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has criticised the federal government over the release of abducted schoolgirls in Kebbi State, saying their freedom should not be presented as an achievement but as evidence of Nigeria’s worsening security environment. In a statement on Wednesday, Mr Abubakar warned that the return of the schoolgirls was […]
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