Kaduna Kidnap: Govt, Police Denial Shameful- PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party has described the Federal Government’s silence and the outright denial by the Kaduna State Police and Kajuru Local Government Chairman regarding the kidnapping of approximately 177 worshippers in Kajuru community as dangerous pattern recurrent in the course of this administration-the normalization of insecurity and a deliberate attempt to obscure the truth from Nigerians.
PDP spokesman, Ini Ememobong in a statement said when news of this mass abduction first emerged, the Commissioner of Police Muhammad Rabiu did not just deny that it happened, he recklessly dismissed it as the work of mischief makers, peddled by “conflict entrepreneurs”.
He then had the audacity to demand details of victims. The Kajuru Local Government Chairman similarly denied that any kidnap incident occurred within his jurisdiction.
The statement read; “These denials are deeply hurtful, not only because they are evidently false, but because they reveal the manifest levity with which this administration treats serious matters like security.
“What makes this even more painful is that, according to the villagers, the police was immediately alerted when the kidnapping occurred. They had the opportunity to act. Instead, they chose denial, prioritizing the government’s image over the lives of 163 Nigerians.
“Sadly, since the police eventually accepted the reality of the sad incident, after the residents and the Christian Association of Nigeria provided the names of those kidnapped, the Commissioner of Police and Chairman have been silent, without offering any apologies for their irresponsible conduct and failure to protect the people. This act of public betrayal and failed cover-up is most shameful and condemnable.
“We demand:
1. An immediate public apology from the Commissioner of Police and the Chairman of Kajuru Local Government Area for their initial denial and failure to act.
2. That the Federal Government immediately deploy a high-powered security team to trace, rescue, and safely return these kidnapped Nigerians to their homes and families.
“Once again, we urge this administration to abandon performative governance that prioritizes optics over substance. The business of government is solving problems, not winning applause. One hundred and sixty-three families are waiting. They deserve action, not excuses,” the statement added.
