The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has criticised President Bola Tinubu for attending a fishing festival while terror activities spread, with about 1,300 Nigerians reportedly killed in 41 days and hundreds of others still in captivity, including nursing mothers and children.
In a statement signed on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, the party said the president got his priorities wrong, indicating a frightening loss of touch with reality when he chose to attend a festival while funeral processions grow longer across the country as terrorists kill, burn, and abduct citizens under his watch.
The party also expressed grave concern over a video allegedly linked to the Kaiama abductions in Kwara State, in which insurgents were seen openly challenging official figures on the number of victims in what the ADC described as a brazen attempt to seize control of the insecurity narrative.
The ADC warned that the growing boldness of armed groups, particularly within the Kwara corridor, indicates that the government may be losing control of a strategic part of the country that could provide terrorists a foothold into other parts of the country.
“The African Democratic Congress, ADC, is deeply troubled by the continued deterioration of the security situation in parts of the country, particularly in Kwara State.
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“We are especially concerned that at a time of rising insecurity, the president and Commander-in-Chief was in Argungu attending a fishing festival, even as credible reports indicate that nearly 1,300 Nigerians have been killed in the last 41 days.
“Once again, innocent Nigerians and their families are left to bear the tragic brunt of terror while the President fiddles away a festival.
“We are also greatly disturbed by the emergence of a video allegedly released by terrorists in connection with the recent abductions in Kaiama Local Government Area, challenging official figures on the number of kidnapped victims,” the party said.
