A pan-Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has called on President Bola Tinubu to take immediate action to address the escalating insecurity challenges in Abuja.
In the past few weeks, several incidents of kidnappings have been reported in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, with scores taken away by suspected bandits who demanded huge ransoms for their release.
Previously restricted to the North-West, abductions have in recent times spread to other parts of the country, including Lagos, Ogun, Nasarawa, and Delta states, as well as the FCT.
“The rising level of insecurity in Abuja serves as a clear warning sign that the Federal Government must be on high alert or face disastrous consequences for both the government and the Nigerian people as a whole.
“Ohanaeze Ndigbo implores President Tinubu to take immediate action to address the insecurity challenges in Abuja.
“The welfare and security of Nigerians depend on proactive measures being taken to counter these threats,” the group said in a statement on Monday by its Secretary-General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro.
It also urged the President to remain vigilant and cautious of a potential conspiracy against his administration.
There has been a significant development in one of the high-profile abduction cases in the FCT as five of the six sisters of the Al-Kadriyar family who were kidnapped by bandits in the Bwari area earlier in the year regained their freedom.
To raise money for the ransom, Nigerians were urged to donate whatever they had into a bank account, but not enough money was gathered.
Unpleased with the development, the gunmen reportedly killed the eldest of the six sisters and dumped her body somewhere for her parents to bury.
The remaining five sisters were released on Saturday night.