Abdulsalam Suleiman Izuagbe, a senior consultant and public affairs analyst, has linked the recent kidnapping of school students in Kaduna to saboteurs who campaigned against President Bola Tinubu. Izuagbe suggested that these saboteurs are determined to tarnish the image of Tinubu and his administration through the kidnapping of students and the general state of insecurity.
As reported by Prime 9ja Online, terrorists stormed LGEA Primary School, Kuriga (1), in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Thursday morning, kidnapping about 285 pupils and teachers. Izuagbe condemned the incident and criticised the inability of security agencies to use modern technological equipment like drones to track down the terrorists.
Izuagbe said, “Issues of insecurity are bothering this country and institutions that are supposed to be up and doing about it are saying they are doing their best but it is not good enough because what happened in Rigachuku in Kaduna State where over 230 students were kidnapped about 48 hours ago is very touching."
He further stressed the need for the creation of state police, with recruitment from local areas where they will operate, to better identify criminals and their hideouts. He also called for the use of modern gadgets and the implementation of existing laws to combat crime.
Izuagbe did not rule out the possibility of sabotage, suggesting that those who campaigned against Tinubu might be working against the system to make the government and the president appear to be failing. He said, "You can’t rule out the possibility that those who campaigned against Tinubu are working against the system to make this government and the president a failure, but they don’t know that they are doing it to the greater society and not Tinubu as a person."