ATIKU’S AIDE URGES DSS TO QUESTION SUNDAY IGBOHO OVER OYO ABDUCTION
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Mr Paul Ibe, the media adviser to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has asked the Department of State Services and other security agencies to invite Sunday Igboho, a Yoruba activist, to reveal the names of politicians he claims are supporting kidnappers who abducted students and teachers in Oyo State.
Ibe made this request on Thursday through a post on X, saying that security agencies should use any reliable information that can help free the victims and break up the groups behind these attacks.
This came after Igboho spoke at a meeting with members of the National Association of Nigerian Students, where he said he knew which politicians were allegedly helping kidnappers in parts of the South-West.
His comments were made amid worries about the recent abductions in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, which has raised fears that kidnapping and instability are spreading into areas that were once seen as safer than other parts of the country.
Reacting to Igboho’s claims, Ibe said security agencies should immediately engage him if he indeed possesses information that could assist ongoing investigations.
“Since Sunday Ighoho claims to know those behind the abduction of students and teachers in Oriire, Oyo State, I think that the State Security Service and other security agencies knew to invite him to release those names to them.
“Every option should be on the table to fast-track the safe release of the school children and teachers.”
Ibe also broadened the conversation to the wider insecurity challenges confronting the country, questioning what he described as the Federal Government’s muted response to the reported abduction of more than 50 schoolchildren in Mussa, Borno State, on May 15.
Drawing a comparison between the official response to the incidents in Oyo and Borno states, he asked, “By the way, who knows those behind the abduction of over 50 school children in Mussa, Borno State on May 15, 2026?
“Why is Tinubu and his government mute over the Borno abduction? Are those school children not Nigerians? When will the Commander-in-Chief and Consoler-in-Chief send a delegation to Mussa like it did in the case of Oriire?
“When will Borno and other vulnerable states get their own forest guards? Why wait for a tragedy to occur before the Tinubu government takes action to stem insecurity in our country?”
Igboho had told his visitors that the kidnappers were not invincible and could be dislodged if decisive action was taken against them.
“If I am permitted to burst into the hideouts, they will flee. They are neither gnomes nor mannequins; they are humans, so they can be dislodged.
“I know the politicians behind them, and if they do not stop perpetrating their evil acts, I will mention them all. I know them. The politicians behind them are the ones giving them ammunition and money,” he said.
The most recent incident has once again drawn national attention to the problem of school safety and the ongoing danger from kidnapping gangs in various parts of the country.
In the last ten years, Nigeria has faced several large–scale kidnappings of schoolchildren, mainly in the northern regions, leading to repeated demands for better intelligence work, improved community policing, and stronger support for at-risk communities.
Although security agencies have not yet officially commented on either Igboho’s accusations or Ibe’s appeal, these statements are expected to push authorities to look into claims that political groups are supporting criminal organizations and to work toward freeing those still held captive.
These accusations also highlight rising worries about how politics, crime, and insecurity are connected, an issue that remains a key topic in national discussions as Nigeria continues to deal with kidnapping, banditry, and other forms of violence in many areas.
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