287 Kaduna Pupils Release: Kogi SDP Guber Candidate Hails Tinubu

287 Kaduna Pupils Release: Kogi SDP Guber Candidate Hails Tinubu

By Nafisat Bello

The 2023 Kogi Social Democratic Party (SDP) governorship candidate, Muritala Yakubu Ajaka has commended the commitment of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to deal with non-state antagonists.

He said the decisive, epic and terminal onslaught against violent and non-state antagonists of the administration which led to the rescue of the children deserve the support of all Nigerians.

Ajaka, who was reacting to the weekend release of the children in a statement in Abuja on Monday, singled out President Tinubu for commendation of all Nigerians for the success of the operation.

He also gave kudos to Kaduna Governor Uba Sani; National Security Adviser (NSA) Malam Nuhu Ribadu; Service Chiefs, the Inspector General of Police, the Director General of the Department of State Services and other stakeholders.

Ajaka said: “The credit for this breakthrough deservedly rests in the bosom of Mr. President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR whose prodigious and strategic re-modelling, planning and mobilisation of the security architecture in Nigeria is fast yielding the overall desired outcomes of safety and overwhelming restoration of confidence in the minds and spirits of Nigerians.

“I therefore, salute Mr. President for being a listening leader whose altruistic foresight of a new Nigeria and the astute strategies for the realisation thereof are squarely anchored on self-sacrifice, unwhittled faith in God, spartan discipline and the spirit of cooperation amongst all Nigerians and our nation’s institutions. Evidently, the planning and operational synergy between our various security agencies constitute the substratum of the subject endeavor that we celebrate today.”

Showering applause from other stakeholders, the SDP chieftain further said,: “I therefore write to congratulate Mr. President, the National Security Adviser (NSA), the Governor of Kaduna State, the Service Chiefs of our Armed Forces, the Inspector General of Police, the Director General of the Department of State Services, the patriotic media organisations, proud volunteers, fearless informants and the traditional institutions for all their swift synergistic collaborations that birthed this successful rescue operation.”

He noted that the milestone achievement has “brought immeasurable relief and assurances of safety to both the relatives of the victims and other Nigerians who have been skeptical of the ability of our security forces and the intelligence community to successfully grapple with and conclusively vanquish the menace of hydra-headed insecurity and widespread violent criminality in the country over the past couple of years.”

Ajaka then stressed the need for Nigerians to eschew sentiments and shun hatred for one another, adding that the nation cannot register meaningful development without peace, stability, equity and justice.

“Conclusively, I enjoin all Nigerians to eschew divisive sentiments, shun hatred for one another and support the administration of President Ahmed Bola Tinubu in the decisive, epic and terminal onslaught against violent and non-state antagonists of the Nigerian State.

“This call has become urgent and necessary because the nation cannot register meaningful development without peace, stability, equity and justice.”