Tinubu Tell Matawalle Make Dem Go Kebbi, Eruku Bandits Dey Demand N100m Per Head

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu don order di Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, make e relocate go Kebbi State sharply-sharply as abduction of 25 schoolgirls rock di state earlier dis week. According to presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga, Matawalle wey be former Zamfara governor go remain for Kebbi to monitor all di security work to free di girls. Dis one dey happen as bandits wey kidnap about 38 worshippers for Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Oke-Isegun for Eruku town, Kwara State, don place N100 million ransom each on di abductees and don begin contact dia families. Community leader Chief Olusegun Olukotun confirm say di kidnappers don group victims by family and dey call dem one by one. E beg government for more security presence and better weapons for vigilantes as fear don spread for Kwara communities. Afenifere sef raise alarm say di rising attacks show high-level sabotage and complicity, and dem call for immediate overhaul of di whole security architecture. Dem also remind Nigerians say over N6.5 trillion dey inside di 2025 security budget, yet insecurity still dey spread like wildfire.

Meanwhile, governors under APC don visit Kebbi to show solidarity as di abduction of schoolgirls shock di nation. Minority Caucus for House of Reps condemn di attack too, say e remind dem of past mass kidnappings and demand quick rescue. Lai Mohammed call di Eruku church attack “painful wound” wey shake di whole country as Kwara communities now dey live in fear after repeated deadly raids. Teachers and students across four LGAs for Kwara don abandon school after NUT order shutdown because of fresh threats. Minister of Budget, Senator Bagudu, say despite di kidnappings, Nigeria’s children still get bright future as Tinubu cancel travel to focus on rescuing di girls. CEDEHUR raise alarm on Benue insecurity and accuse di state government of administrative failure, illegal mining wahala and rising killings by armed herdsmen. For Plateau, Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Waidi Shaibu call for stronger partnership with media to fight fake news, disinformation and security threats as di Army continue to combine military action with non-kinetic strategies to tackle national insecurity.