Tinubu must step down if he can’t protect school children – HURIWA

Rights group, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has demanded the resignation of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu if he cannot protect citizens, particularly schoolchildren, from terrorist attacks.

The group bemoaned recent abductions in Kebbi and Niger states, where several hundreds of students have been declared missing. It said this can only happen in a failed state.

HURIWA also slammed Catholic clerics, Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, and Reverend Father Hyacinth Alia for opposing U.S. military intervention against terrorists targeting Christians.

The group warned that their stance amounts to betrayal of their flocks and pledged to petition the Pope for sanctions, including defrocking Alia.

Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, HURIWA National Coordinator, criticized both federal and state governments for failing to act despite intelligence warnings.

“The President, as Commander-in-Chief, must deploy all available forces to defeat terrorists. Failure to protect lives is a dereliction of duty,” he said, calling on governors of Niger and Nasarawa states to resign if they cannot fulfill their security responsibilities.

HURIWA stressed that protecting citizens, especially schoolchildren, is non-negotiable, and urged decisive action to end the escalating wave of abductions and killings in northern Nigeria.