Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has claimed that over 10,000 Nigerians in the Northern states have lost their lives since the advent of the Bola Tinubu presidency two years ago.
He lamented that there has been a resurgence of killings in several North-central states, including Kwara, Niger, Plateau and Benue.
Atiku, who made the allegation in a personally signed press release made available to Naijaonpoint on Tuesday, claimed that the federal government has ignored the renewed killings.
He added that the development equals a monumental failure on the part of the Tinubu government in its basic responsibility of securing the lives and property of citizens.
The former Vice President also alleged that the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has remained silent, leaving the victims to suffer neglect while they focus on politics.
He therefore called on security agencies to rise to the occasion and be non-partisan in the discharge of their duties.
“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.
“By May this year, just two years of Tinubu’s rule, over 10,000 lives had been lost in Northern states, with Benue accounting for more than half. Since then, mass killings continue weekly, while the government pretends nothing is wrong. This is a monumental failure in the basic duty of securing lives and property.
“Instead of fighting insecurity, the ruling APC is 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.
“Let it be clear: 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,” he said in the statement.
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