The Social Democratic Party (SDP) governorship candidate for 2023 in Kogi State, Alhaji Murtala Ajaka, has stressed the need for Nigerians to eschew sentiments in the wake of the successful rescue of the schoolchildren who had been kidnapped from a school in Kuriga, Kaduna state.
As a result, Ajaka urged Nigerians to stand with President Ahmed Bola Tinubu’s administration in their decisive, epic, and final offensive against the violent, non-state enemies of the Nigerian state.
Responding to the successful operation to rescue the schoolchildren kidnapped by bandits, Ajaka—who is currently contesting the Kogi state governor Usman Ododo’s victory in court—said in a statement he signed on Monday in Abuja that President Bola Tinubu deserves all the praise.
According to the SDP chieftain,” Indeed, this milestone has brought immeasurable relief and assurances of safety to both the relatives of the victims and other Nigerians who have been sceptical of the ability of our security forces and the intelligence community to successfully grapple with and conclusively vanquish the menace of hydra-headed insecurity and widespread violent criminality in the country over the past couple of years.”
He said a nation cannot register meaningful development without peace, stability, equity and justice.
He also expressed his piece of advice to Nigerians, stating that he “enjoin all Nigerians to eschew divisive sentiments, shun hatred for one another and support the administration of President Ahmed Bola Tinubu in the decisive, epic and terminal onslaught against violent and non-state antagonists of the Nigerian State.
“This call has become urgent and necessary because the nation cannot register meaningful development without peace, stability, equity and justice.”
While commending the President, Kaduna state governor, the security agencies and other stakeholders, Ajaka said: “The credit for this breakthrough deservedly rests in the bosom of Mr. President, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, GCFR whose prodigious and strategic re-modelling, planning and mobilisation of the security architecture in Nigeria is fast yielding the overall desired outcomes of safety and overwhelming restoration of confidence in the minds and spirits of Nigerians.
“I therefore write to express my gratitude to the President, the National Security Adviser (NSA), the Governor of Kaduna State, the Inspector General of Police, the Director General of the Department of State Services, the Service Chiefs of our Armed Forces, the patriotic media organizations, the proud volunteers, the fearless informants, and the traditional institutions for their quick and synergistic collaborations that resulted in the success of this rescue operation.“
