ADP flays FG over response on women dignity, demands urgent action from APC govt
The Action Democratic Party, (ADP), has expressed grave concern and moral outrage over the continued failure of the Federal Government to respond decisively to the recent disturbing video showing women humiliated, brutalized, and degraded by criminal bandits.
The party also said the dignity of women must be respected, invoking the National Constitution and demanding urgent action from the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led administration.
National leadership of the party, led by Engr Yabagi Yusuf Sani sqid in Abuja on Tuesday that, while the victims in this particular incident are Muslim women, the implications extend far beyond any single faith.
“This is not merely an attack on Islam. It is a direct assault on the dignity, safety, and humanity of Nigerian women across all faiths, regions, and identities. More than 48 hours after this national disgrace entered the public domain,
Nigerians are yet to see the level of urgency demanded of a government constitutionally entrusted with the protection of life, dignity, and security.
“Let it be stated without equivocation that protection of women is not discretionary but a constitutional obligation.”
Engr Yabagi quoted section 14(2)(b) of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, which provides that “security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of government.”
“Section 33 guarantees the right to life while section 34 guarantees the right to dignity of human person and expressly, prohibits torture, inhuman, and degrading treatment.
“The public humiliation and abuse of women by criminal elements and any State failure to respond decisively, constitutes grave violation of these constitutional guarantees.
“Silence or hesitation in the face of such crimes is not neutrality, it is abdication of constitutional responsibility,” he said.
The Action Democratic Party, therefore, formally calls on the government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to act immediately and transparently by Issuing an unequivocal public condemnation of this atrocity at the highest level of government.
“Ordering immediate, coordinated security operations to rescue victims, dismantle criminal networks, and prevent recurrence; Holding security leadership accountable for operational failures that enabled this violation of citizens’ rights; reaffirming through concrete action, that the dignity and safety of Nigerian women, regardless of faith, are inviolable and non-negotiable.
“Nigeria cannot be governed as a constitutional democracy where women are degraded in captivity while the State delays, rationalizes, or remains silent.
“This moment will test the seriousness of the Tinubu administration’s commitment to constitutional governance. History will not judge leadership by rhetoric, but by response, especially when the rights of the vulnerable are trampled.
“If the humiliation of women does not provoke urgent State action, then the crisis confronting Nigeria is no longer only about insecurity. It is about the erosion of constitutional order, moral authority, and the very purpose of government.
“The ADP will continue to insist on accountability, constitutional fidelity, and the protection of every Nigerian woman’s dignity until these guarantees are enforced in practice, not merely proclaimed in law,” he added.
