The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) Peter Obi, has opened up on what he could have done differently about the Oyo abductions if he were president.
The former Anambra State governor while speaking on Thursday during a recent interview, disclosed that he would have personally gone into the forest where pupils and teachers were abducted in Oriire, Oyo state.
Obi said the leadership is essential to tackling insecurity, insisting that he would not have waited for weeks before taking action if the abduction had occurred under his watch.
He added that everyone in the camp would have been rescued, even if the operation resulted in casualties.
Obi also criticised President Bola Tinubu over his failure to personally reach out to Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo, during the more than 50-day ordeal.
“Days of kidnap of Oyo children. The president did not call the governor. What do you mean? Fifty days,” he said.
“But I’ll be there in two days. Is the bush not in Nigeria? That bush they went in. The bush is in Nigeria.
“Everybody in that bush will come out. There might be casualties, but everybody will come out.
“And it is time when we say we resolve something. We arrest some people. Parade the people. Let people see them. What is happening?
“When America or other countries kill people like that, they parade them. They show it. Everybody sees it.
“In Nigeria, everything is shrouded in secrecy.”