ADC knocks FG for shutting schools over insecurity

The African Democratic Congress has criticised the Federal Government for shutting down schools due to insecurity, saying the decision signals a collapse of the state’s responsibility to protect learning institutions.

ADC National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, made this known on Wednesday during an appearance on the Politics Today programme on Channels Television, monitored by pressmen.

Abdullahi warned that school closures embolden extremist narratives opposed to Western education.

“When you close schools because bandits could kidnap children, you are saying you are no longer capable of protecting your schools,” he said.

He added that the shutdown reinforces Boko Haram’s anti-education ideology.

“Don’t forget the ideology of Boko Haram is that Western education is forbidden. By shutting down schools, you reinforce that ideology,” he stated.

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ADC denies lobbying US, fueling insecurity

Abdullahi also refuted allegations that the ADC was lobbying the United States against Nigeria or contributing to insecurity.

The party spokesperson described the claims as “political distraction and propaganda,” insisting that the ADC “remains ethical in opposition and patriotic in duty.”

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Claims of foreign pressure dismissed

The ADC condemned insinuations that recent government security responses were motivated by foreign political pressure, describing such narratives as “unsubstantiated and unworthy of national discourse.”

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Tanimu Turaki outcome dismissed, disciplinary stance reaffirmed

The party reaffirmed that its internal processes and disciplinary decisions remain valid, stressing that no expelled member operates on its mandate without restitution through constitutional means.

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Recently freed schoolgirls, national emergency

InfoStride News recalls that 24 schoolgirls kidnapped on November 17 in Maga regained freedom on Tuesday, following an attack that killed Vice Principal, Malam Hassan Makuku, and triggered widespread public alarm.

Amid rising insecurity fears, President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday declared a nationwide security emergency, signalling intensified coordination between federal and sub-national security actors.

The PRP, civil society bodies and security analysts have continued to call for deeper reforms beyond emergency declarations, as Nigeria confronts recurring mass abductions and community terror attacks.