Our Reporter, Abuja
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the deadly attack on Government Girls Comprehensive Senior Secondary School (GGCSS), Maga, in Danko Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State, where bandits killed the Vice Principal, Hassan Yakubu Makuku, and abducted 25 students.
In a statement issued on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Ini Ememobong, the PDP described the incident as “tragic” and a reflection of the worsening state of insecurity across the country under the Tinubu-led All Progressives Congress (APC) administration.
The party accused the Federal Government of prioritising political maneuvering over the safety of citizens, insisting that the APC administration has failed in its constitutional duty to protect lives and property.
“This tragic incident further highlights the alarming rise in insecurity that has become the lived reality of majority of Nigerians under the Tinubu-led APC administration, which has consistently preferred the politicization of governance over the protection of citizens,” the statement read.
“It is the responsibility of government to safeguard lives and property. When a government fails in this primary duty, it must accept responsibility and deal decisively with the issues, rather than act aloof or attempt to deflect from the core issues, as this administration has repeatedly done.”
The PDP commiserated with the families of the abducted students, the relatives of the slain Vice Principal, as well as the staff, students, management of the school, and the Kebbi State Government.
The opposition party also noted that the Maga school attack was part of a disturbing pattern, pointing out that other abductions had recently occurred in Nasarawa, Plateau, Kano, and Katsina states. It argued that the current security situation contradicts the promises made to Nigerians.
“This is clearly not the hope—renewed or otherwise—promised Nigerians,” the party said, urging President Bola Tinubu to give “urgent and sufficient attention” to the security sector to end the recurring tragedies.
“Let the killings stop!” the statement concluded.
