Borno Abduction: Atiku’s Aide Demands Update On Missing Schoolchildren 159 Days After
Paul Ibe, media adviser to former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, has challenged President Bola Tinubu to provide an update on the whereabouts of over 40 schoolchildren abducted in Mussa, Borno State, 159 days after the…
School abductions have remained a recurring security crisis in northern Nigeria since the 2014 Chibok kidnapping brought global attention to the Boko Haram insurgency and its offshoots. Despite periodic military operations and government assurances, mass abductions of students from Borno, Yobe, Katsina, Niger and Zamfara states have continued in the years since, often followed by long silences from authorities on rescue efforts, raising recurring questions about the government's capacity to protect schools and secure the quick release of captives.
This particular case concerns over 40 schoolchildren abducted in Mussa, Borno State, with Paul Ibe, media adviser to ADC presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, using the 159-day mark to press President Bola Tinubu's administration for a status update. The intervention reflects the opposition's broader push to scrutinise the administration's security record, though the coverage so far does not detail what rescue efforts, if any, the government has undertaken, or whether the children's whereabouts or safety can be confirmed.