The Makinde-Daura Presidential Campaign Organization (MDPCO) on Sunday, October 4, 2026, demanded that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu should live up to his billing as a Commander-in-Chief and bring back the prospective National Youth Service Corps members who were abducted in Imo state on Independence Day.
The MDPCO also demanded that President Tinubu should take a decisive step to secure the unconditional release and safe return of other Nigerians abducted in Niger, Kwara, Kaduna, Zamfara, Sokoto, Katsina, Borno and other parts of the country under his watch.
It stated that notwithstanding the fact that Nigerians are determined to vote out President Tinubu in 2027 due to his failure in office, it is still unpardonable that four days after the abduction of the corps members and despite the public outcry and statement by the MDPCO demanding immediate rescue action, President Tinubu has remained silent while the abducted corps members languish in misery in their captors’ den.
MDPCO stressed that Nigerians cannot afford a leadership that is not alive to the primary purpose of government as provided under Section 14 (2)(b) of the Constitution of the Federal of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) which is the security and wellbeing of citizens.
These were contained in a statement by Mr. Richard Ihediwa, Director of Strategic Communications of MDPCO in which it emphasized that apart from the constitutional right to protection as a citizen, immediately a Nigerian youth is called up for NYSC, his security and wellbeing becomes the exclusive responsibility of the Federal Government.
The MDPCO said; “One hour in captivity is one hour too long, and one victim in captivity is one victim too many. In other climes where leaders prioritize the wellbeing and safety of citizens, citizens are not allowed to remain and suffer in captivity, as has become the horrible reality in Nigeria under the failed All Progressives Congress (APC) administration”.
It further stated that the issue of insecurity in our country should no longer be treated with rhetoric, lip service and kid gloves as the APC administration has done especially in the last three and half years, resulting in the killing of more than 600,000 innocent Nigerians by terrorist elements, with countless others in captivity.
The MDPCO stressed that these ugly indices are unacceptable and can no longer be overlooked by Nigerians, thus called on President Tinubu to act now, deal decisively with insecurity and bring back the abducted corps members and all other Nigerians who are languishing in the hands of their abductors
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