The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has expressed severe concern over what it described as makes an attempt by the Kaduna State Authorities and the Nigeria Police Drive to hide the mass abduction of worshippers from a church in Kajuru Native Authorities Space, Kaduna State.
The incident, which was initially denied by the authorities, was later confirmed following public outrage.
Talking on behalf of the celebration, ADC Nationwide Publicity Secretary Bolaji Abdullahi questioned the credibility of a authorities that prioritises appearances over the security of its residents.
“This episode raises a elementary and harmful query for our nation: can a authorities whose first intuition is to withhold data and conceal the reality be trusted to guard lives and enhance safety?” he requested.
Abdullahi described the preliminary denial of the verified abduction as deliberate, arguing that such behaviour displays a authorities extra involved with projecting a optimistic picture than addressing safety challenges.
“The deliberate denial of a verified mass abduction isn’t a communications error. It’s the behaviour of a authorities obsessive about wanting good quite than fixing issues.
“In moments of violence and emergency, fact is the primary line of defence. It guides response, allows rescue, mobilises communities, and reassures a frightened public.
“Nonetheless, when a authorities chooses silence or falsehood, it compounds hazard, delays motion, and deepens trauma,” he stated.
He additional warned {that a} authorities that lies throughout a safety disaster not solely fails its individuals but additionally actively locations them at better threat.
Politics Nigeria recollects that bandits had on Sunday attacked congregants throughout church providers within the Kure space of Kajuru Native Authorities Space, abducting over 160 individuals.