The National Mandate Group (NMG), an Atiku Abubakar Support Organisation for the 2023 Presidential Election, has congratulated the Chairman, Lagos State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Phillips Aivoji, who was freed on Monday from the kidnappers’ den after his abduction on Thursday along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
The group hailed the development, in a statement issued by its Lagos State Chairman, Hon. Wahab Sadiq (a.k.a. Deske), saying that it took the grace of God for Aivoji to have survived the ordeal of being abducted and subjected to all sorts of psychological torture and physical trauma at the hand of the criminals.
“Our prayer is that God that has given Hon. Aivoji this great deliverance will continue to protect him,” Sadiq said.
“Additionally, we wish to express unmitigated gratitude to all individuals, groups and institutions that rallied round to guarantee the safe return of our beloved PDP Chairman,” he added.
The group, however, demanded that for failing to provide security, the Federal Government must work out a refund and a compensation package for kidnapped victims who paid a ransom to regain their freedom throughout the country.
It chided President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for abandoning his duty post and taking a vacation at this period of national calamity, recalling sadly that Tinubu left the country for “private visit” overseas soon after the killing of over 50 unarmed Nigerians by terrorists in Plateau and Benue states.
“Who does that? Who sees his home burning and will decide to go sightseeing? It is the height of insensitivity and apathy. It shows that the government of President Tinubu has lost touch with the reality of life in this jungle that Nigeria is fast becoming under nine years of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
“Time has come for the Federal Government to begin to feel the pain of kidnappings and abductions Nigerians daily suffer. NMG demands that every time someone is kidnapped and ransomed, the government must bear the cost through a well-structured compensation and refund policy.
“A government that shows lack of capacity to provide security and apprehend insurgency, terrorism and banditry has no reason to continue in office,” NMG said.
The group lamentee that lives were lost and injuries sustained during the rescue operation by police and security agencies each time kidnapping occurred, expressing condolences with the bereaved families.
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