FG encouraging banditry economy by paying abductors, ADC spokesman alleges

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Bolaji Abdullahi, spokesperson for the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has accused the federal government of making deals with insurgents in order to secure the release of abductees.

Recently, there has been an uptick in abductions and killings, especially in the north of the country.There have been no reports of killings or arrests of the abductors after victims are freed.In an interview with Arise TV on Monday, Bayo Onanuga, special adviser on information and strategy to President Bola Tinubu, said the latest release was thanks to the DSS and the military.

He said the gunmen knew that if they did not cooperate, they were going to be “pummelled”.

Onanuga added that a kinetic approach would have been counterproductive because terrorists often use abductees as “human shields”, which could result in “collateral damage”.

‘FG MAKING DEALS WITH INSURGENTS’

Reacting on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ programme on Wednesday, Abdullahi alleged that the federal government is “making deals with insurgents” in a bid to free abducted victims.

“What is clear to us is that the government is making deals with kidnappers, the government is making deals with insurgents,” he claimed.

“Perhaps because there may be different considerations, but perhaps because they want a quick win, they want something to celebrate, then they will not hesitate to make the kind of negotiation or deals that they are doing.

“They are doing deals with insurgents. They can’t deny that.”