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Insecurity: PRP Demands Tinubu’s Resignation

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;3 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"eB5wVnPT" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>By Yusuf Danjuma Yunusa<&sol;p><div class&equals;"lxfXtGoa" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The Peoples Redemption Party &lpar;PRP&rpar; has called on President Bola Tinubu to resign from office&comma; accusing him of failing in his constitutional responsibility to safeguard the lives and property of Nigerians amid escalating insecurity across the country&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The opposition party made the demand on Thursday against the backdrop of growing public concern over persistent kidnappings&comma; banditry and violent attacks&comma; including the recent abduction of pupils and teachers in Oyo State&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Recall that armed men on May 15 stormed three schools in the Ahoro-Esinle and Yawota communities of Oriire Local Government Area&comma; abducting scores of pupils and teachers and leaving families devastated&period; The incident sparked widespread outrage and renewed calls for urgent reforms to Nigeria’s security architecture&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"qXD0mPNn" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>In a statement issued on Thursday&comma; PRP National Chairman&comma; Dr&period; Hakeem Baba-Ahmed&comma; said the security situation under the Tinubu administration had deteriorated significantly&comma; with criminal groups operating freely across various parts of the country&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;3 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad5" id&equals;"quads-ad5" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>According to him&comma; insecurity is no longer confined to specific regions&comma; as Nigerians across the country now live under constant threat&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It is now beyond any doubt that President Bola Tinubu has failed woefully in discharging his prime responsibility as Nigerian President&comma; which is to secure the Nigerian citizen&period; Under his watch&comma; old threats have blossomed and mutated&comma; while more and more Nigerians&comma; irrespective of status or age&comma; have fallen victim to violent criminals&comma;” Baba-Ahmed said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The PRP chairman lamented that the worsening security crisis had exposed even the most vulnerable Nigerians&comma; including schoolchildren&comma; to attacks by criminal elements&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;3 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;From generals to toddlers&semi; from Bama to Badagry&comma; no Nigerian is safe under this leadership&period; It is no longer the case that only parts of the country have been virtually surrendered to criminals&period; Now&comma; no Nigerian in any part of the country is protected from rampant violent criminals who exploit our major weakness&comma;” he stated&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;School children have joined the long stretch of soft targets&comma; and the nation appears to be at the point of accepting this situation as normal&period; We must not submit to the weakness of leaders and the exploits of criminals&period; This is not how Nigerians should live&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Baba-Ahmed further accused the President of concentrating political power without delivering corresponding improvements in security&comma; arguing that there was little evidence the administration could reverse the trend&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Our President has failed the nation&comma; and there is no evidence that he can improve on his pathetic record&period; He has amassed all the power in the country around him&comma; yet he has failed to use it to protect and defend Nigerians&comma;” he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The former presidential aide maintained that democratic governance requires accountability and responsibility&comma; insisting that Tinubu’s continued stay in office despite the country’s security challenges was untenable&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;In most other democracies&comma; President Tinubu’s failure to respect the values of accountability and responsibility would not have been tolerated&period; Nigerians must rise to demand an end to this ineptitude and indifference&period; President Tinubu should resign&comma; now&excl;” he declared&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The PRP also argued that Nigerians should not be compelled to wait until the 2027 general elections to register their dissatisfaction with the administration’s handling of security matters&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;While he may have the luxury of ignoring our current deteriorating circumstances and awaiting the verdict of rejection by voters in 2027&comma; Nigerians who will continue to fall victim to violent criminals do not have the luxury of waiting to vote him out in 2027&comma;” Baba-Ahmed said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;There is nothing democratic in insisting that incompetent and uncaring leadership must complete terms&period; Nigerians should demand&comma; with one voice&comma; that President Tinubu’s failure to secure Nigerians cannot be tolerated any further&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The latest criticism adds to mounting concerns over recurring incidents of kidnapping&comma; banditry&comma; communal clashes and attacks on communities across the country&comma; which have intensified calls for more effective security measures&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; the Presidency has consistently maintained that the Tinubu administration inherited deeply rooted security challenges and is deploying military and intelligence resources to combat criminality and restore security nationwide&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 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