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The Allied Peoples Movement (APM) has expressed concern over what it described as President Bola Tinubu’s silence following the abduction of prospective National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members in Imo State.

The party called on the President to demonstrate greater urgency in addressing the incident and ensure that security agencies intensify efforts to rescue those still being held by their abductors.

The APM, through the Makinde/Daura Presidential Campaign Organisation (MDPCO), said the failure of the President to publicly address the latest incident was troubling, particularly given the concerns of affected families.

The abduction occurred on October 1, when gunmen reportedly attacked two buses conveying prospective corps members and other passengers from Ibadan, Oyo State, to NYSC orientation camps in Abia and Akwa Ibom states.

The vehicles were intercepted around Umunoha along the Owerri-Onitsha Road in Imo State.

Following the attack, the Imo State Police Command announced that 10 victims had been rescued, while search-and-rescue operations continued to locate the remaining abductees.

The campaign organisation described the incident as another indication of the security challenges facing the country and accused the Tinubu administration of failing to take sufficiently proactive measures against kidnapping and other violent crimes.

It argued that Nigerians, particularly young graduates travelling to fulfil their national service obligations, should be able to move across the country without fear of abduction.

The group also called for a more coordinated and intelligence-driven security strategy, emphasising the need for stronger collaboration among security agencies, preventive operations and faster responses to threats.

The APM further contrasted the Federal Government's approach with the security model it said was being implemented by its presidential candidate, Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde.

It maintained that improved intelligence gathering, coordination and rapid response should form the foundation of efforts to tackle insecurity.

Meanwhile, the abduction has triggered anxiety among the victims' families, with reports that the kidnappers demanded ₦50 million for each victim.

The party urged the Federal Government to treat the safe recovery of the abducted prospective corps members as an urgent national priority and provide the necessary support for ongoing rescue operations.

The allegations against the President represent the APM's political position on the government's handling of insecurity. Security agencies have continued their operations following the attack.

gerrardomendes:
Turn to your neighbor and ask your neighbor "have you blamed goodluck Jonathan today?"

Imalwayshorny:
Ask ogolemati racoon Gotocourt why is Margaret obi not campaigning with her husband

Are they divorce or what

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When will they fault Obi's politics instead.

Dharmocherish:
https://www.lagoslately.com/nysc-abduction-apm-faults-tinubus-silence-demands-urgent-rescue-action/

Elvis2kay:
Everything is the president, What about the state Governor? Ameachi said he lost his mother because of Tinubu 😅😅. As how now?

Sonofgod1990:
You people should leave tinubu alone. nA him kidnapped the copers?

Imalwayshorny:
Ask ogolemati racoon Gotocourt why is Margaret obi not campaigning with her husband

Are they divorce or what

CEPHAS101:
You will be reminded of this when a member of your family face this fate.... E fit be you sef

Allthelight:
Since when do nairaland prolong a kidnapping trend in front page ?

Antoeni:
Dummies Like Reno Omokri Festus Keyamo, Bayo Onanuga, Daniel Bwala,FFK Asari Porkubo Wike Will Not Respond to Issues Like This , Na Peter Obi Matter Be he Priority

Image123:
When will they fault Obi's politics instead.

Richtaiwo:
Peter Obi cannot keep a home, so his home is broken as I type. So she has seen that Peter Obi is a demented fraud and wouldn't want to be associated with him in public.

If Peter Obi is not demented, how will a grown up man say publicly that he doesn't give a damn if his wife cheats on him?

Ofunaofu:
Report: Current Govt Added More Debt in Two Years Than Nigeria Accumulated in 55 Years

• Decries Nigeria’s debt service-to-revenue ratio

•Urges FG to declare fiscal emergency

A new policy brief has warned that Nigeria’s worsening debt profile and weak revenue generation have pushed the country into a dangerous fiscal position, with the current administration accumulating more debt in two years than Nigeria recorded during its first 55 years after independence.

The report, released by the Alliance for Economic Research and Ethics LTD/GTE, a Nigerian policy think tank, argued that the country’s debt crisis has evolved into a governance and revenue emergency, as debt servicing obligations now exceed the federal government’s retained earnings.
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According to the think tank, Nigeria’s public debt rose sharply from N87.38 trillion in June 2023 to N159.28 trillion by the end of 2025, with President Bola Tinubu’s administration accounting for about N65.9 trillion of the increase within its first two years in office.

The organisation in the brief titled: “Nigeria Is Borrowing to Breathe—and the Clock Is Ticking”, noted that Nigeria accumulated only about N12.06 trillion in debt from independence in 1960 up to 2015, meaning the current administration added more than five times that amount in just 24 months.

The report stated that while previous governments also contributed significantly to the country’s rising debt burden, the speed of accumulation under the current administration had intensified concerns over fiscal sustainability.

“President Bola Tinubu’s administration has added a further N65.9 trillion in just two years. To put that in perspective: it took Nigeria’s first 55 years of independence to accumulate N12 trillion in debt. The current administration has added more than five times that amount in 24 months,” it argued.

It recalled that Nigeria briefly became almost debt-free externally after the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo secured an $18 billion Paris Club debt relief package in 2005 and paid $12 billion to extinguish about $30 billion in external obligations.


https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/05/22/report-current-govt-added-more-debt-in-two-years-than-nigeria-accumulated-in-55-years/