Ex-Lawmakers Laud Tinubu for Swift Rescue of Abducted Students, Worshippers

Ex-Lawmakers Laud Tinubu for Swift Rescue of Abducted Students, Worshippers

…Warn El-Rufai Against Baseless Allegations

The National Forum of Ex-Councillors has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for what it described as his swift and decisive intervention leading to the early release of abducted students in Niger State ,Kebbi State and church worshippers in Kwara State.

Speaking at a press conference in Kaduna, the National President of the Forum, Ambassador Auwal Kassim Hassan, said the President’s prompt action served as an “elixir” that ensured the victims regained their freedom sooner than expected.

The group urged security agencies to intensify efforts and complement the President’s interventions so that other Nigerians still held captive in different parts of the country could also be rescued without delay.

Addressing recent political tensions in Kaduna State, the former councillors dismissed the allegation by former Governor Nasir El-Rufai that the current administration under Senator Uba Sani paid billions of naira to bandits.

Ambassador Hassan described the claim as baseless and called on President Tinubu to “call El-Rufai to order.”

He cautioned that as grassroots stakeholders, they might be compelled to mobilize thousands of youths and women across Kaduna State against the former governor, his family, and his associates should he continue to “unjustifiably criticize” the Tinubu administration at the federal level and Governor Uba Sani’s government in Kaduna State.

The Forum reiterated its support for the current administrations, insisting that political actors must exercise restraint and avoid statements capable of undermining security efforts or destabilizing the state.

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