Arise Television journalist, Rufai Oseni has criticized the Tinubu government over its handling of the recent Kebbi schoolgirls’ kidnãpping, questioning why the kìdnãppers were released instead of being arrêsted.
The outspoken host expressed disbelief and concern at the authorities’ approach to handling båndits and the broader insecurity in the country.
“So is it that you didn’t arrêst them? You didn’t exchange fire with them? You negotiated with them so that they will go ahead and kidnåp another person, just as they have done before?
I shoulder a righteous disbelief at what is really happening in Nigeria. You left the crìminals, the båndits, negotiating with them as if they were business partners,” he said.
Oseni accused the government of treating crìminals leniently and highlighted the lack of accountability in the situation.
He pointed out that while 24 schoolgirls were freed, the kìdnãppers faced no immediate consequences. He also questioned whether ransom was paid and whether the government, despite having superior firepower, should have negotiated at all instead of making arrêsts.
Oseni drew a stark contrast with the government’s treatment of Nnamdi Kanu, noting that while Kanu was jaìled for inciting viõlence, kìdnãppers who held victims in captivity were merely negotiated with upon release.
“The same government jaìled Nnamdi Kanu for life for inciting viõlence, but the people who kidnãpped innocent schoolgirls and held them against their will are simply let go because they were negotiated with. Where is the justice? Where is the accountability?”
Rufai Oseni’s remarks underscore growing frùstrãtion in Nigeria over recurring kidnãpping cases and question whether negotiation alone can ever serve as a proper solution to such cr!mes.
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