Atiku says Tinubu's security failures led to the killingof a former lawmaker.

By Omeiza Ajayi, ABUJA

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called the killing of former House of Representatives member Hon. Abba Anas Adamu by bandits a “damning indictment” of President Tinubu’s administration, arguing that it highlights a failure to safeguard citizens.

“His death is yet another grim reminder of the worsening collapse of security under the Tinubu administration,” Atiku said in a statement issued through his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, on Tuesday.

Adamu was allegedly seized by bandits on the Kaduna‑Abuja highway on 3 May 2026 and died in captivity nine days later, on 12 May, despite frantic attempts by his family to secure his release.

Describing the incident as more than a personal tragedy, Atiku asserted: “Let us be brutally honest: Nigeria is under siege, and the Tinubu administration appears either overwhelmed, indifferent, or dangerously incompetent in the face of this national emergency.”

He questioned the broader implications for ordinary Nigerians: “When a former member of the National Assembly can be abducted on one of the country’s most strategic highways and die in captivity, what hope remains for the ordinary Nigerian who lacks visibility, influence, or protection?”

The former vice president said that insecurity under the current government has moved from a crisis to a daily reality. “Citizens now travel with prayers instead of protection. Families sleep with one eye open. Businesses are shutting down, farmers are abandoning their land, and entire communities are being surrendered to criminals,” he noted.

Atiku identified the Abuja‑Kaduna corridor as a persistent hotspot, describing the route as a “notorious theatre of terror” despite repeated governmental assurances, security budgets amounting to trillions of naira, and what he termed “endless propaganda about progress.”

He demanded answers from the federal authorities: “What exactly is the security strategy of this administration? Where is the urgency? Where is the accountability? How many more deaths must be recorded before this government realises that press releases do not defeat bandits?”

“A government that cannot secure its highways cannot claim to govern. A government that watches citizens get hunted like prey has failed the most elementary test of leadership,” he added.

Atiku emphasized that the nation needs action, not further condolence messages. “What Nigerians need is not another hollow condolence message. They need decisive leadership, coherent action, and measurable results,” he urged, calling for the security situation to be treated as an emergency.

He expressed condolences to the family of the deceased, to the people of Jigawa State, and to all Nigerians affected by what he described as a deepening security collapse.

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