The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has described the killing of about 170 people in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State as clear evidence of what it called a total collapse of security under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration.
The party said measures announced by the Federal Government to curb insecurity were not working, insisting that the current strategy merely “redistributes terror” rather than eliminating it.
In a statement issued Friday in Abuja by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the ADC condemned the massacre, describing it as one of the worst atrocities recorded in recent times.
“This horrific massacre is one of the worst atrocities recorded in recent times and stands as a painful reminder of the complete collapse of security across the country,” the party said.
It expressed condolences to the families of the victims and the people of Kwara State, lamenting that citizens were being left unprotected.
The ADC questioned the effectiveness of the President’s declaration of a state of emergency on security in November 2025, as well as the widely publicised recruitment of thousands of police personnel.
“Nigerians are entitled to know what has become of that promise. Have these recruits been employed, trained and deployed, or has the exercise quietly stalled?” the statement asked.
According to the party, if such measures had been fully implemented, vulnerable rural communities would not remain exposed to mass killings.
The ADC also raised concerns over reports suggesting that the attackers could be linked to terrorist elements displaced from other regions, alleging weak internal security coordination.
“The net effect… is that the Tinubu administration is not winning the war against terror. It is merely redistributing it,” the party stated.
It further argued that recurring incidents of mass abductions and killings across different states point to deeper structural failures in intelligence gathering, border control, inter-agency collaboration and emergency response.
The party urged the Federal Government to provide a clear account of its security strategy, disclose the status of the promised police recruitment, and outline concrete steps to prevent the spread of terrorist activities across states.
“Nigeria cannot continue on this path of denial and inaction. Lives are not statistics, and governance is not public relations,” the ADC added.
