ADC’s Owokoniran Hails Atiku’s 100-Day Security Agenda
Hon. Rahman Owokoniran, a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and Convener of The Frontliners Movement, Lagos State, has strongly backed the Presidential Candidate Atiku Abubakar’s proposed first-100-days security agenda, saying Nigeria urgently needed decisive leadership to confront banditry, terrorism and kidnapping.
Atiku had pledged that his administration would take immediate action by recruiting more security personnel, providing adequate equipment, strengthening training, improving welfare and addressing leadership challenges within the security agencies.
Owokoniran said the Tinubu-led APC administration had failed to deliver the level of security Nigerians desperately needed, arguing that the continued prevalence of banditry, kidnapping, terrorism and attacks on communities exposed the inadequacy of the government’s current approach.
Recent data reported by AP from SBM Intelligence showed 7,825 people were abducted between July 2025 and June 2026.
“How can the Tinubu-led APC administration claim progress when citizens cannot travel safely, farmers cannot confidently access their farms, children are being kidnapped and families are living under the constant fear of bandits and kidnappers? Nigerians need security they can feel, not the empty promises and constant sympathy messages The Presidency has been dishing out,” he said.
Owokoniran accused the APC administration of failing to decisively tackling the insecurity crisis, arguing that continued attacks and mass abductions showed that the existing approach had not delivered the level of security Nigerians deserved.
He said the recent scale of mass kidnapping was particularly disturbing, citing reports of hundreds of people abducted in Niger State and describing it as evidence that criminal networks remained capable of carrying out devastating attacks.
He said: “Security is the foundation of every functioning society. Without it, there can be no meaningful economic growth, investment, education or development. Nigeria needs a government prepared to recruit, equip, train, motivate and properly lead its security forces and, above all, hold them accountable for results.”
Owokoniran maintained that Atiku’s 100-day security proposal deserved serious consideration because it placed immediate emphasis on the personnel, equipment, training, welfare and leadership necessary to strengthen Nigeria’s security architecture.
“The Nigerian people have suffered enough. The country must move from promises to performance, from reaction to prevention, and from uncertainty to decisive leadership,” he said.
