Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has described the reported killing of 5,091 Nigerians in violent incidents across the country within three months as a “damning scorecard” of the President Bola Tinubu administration.

Atiku, the 2027 presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), said the figure represented not just statistics but the human cost of what he described as the government’s failure to deploy the resources, discipline and urgency required to protect Nigerians.

He spoke in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, yesterday.

Atiku said the worsening insecurity could not be separated from what he described as the administration’s fiscal indiscipline, wasteful expenditure and poor implementation of budgetary appropriations.

He described every Nigerian killed by terrorism, banditry, kidnapping and other violent crimes as a failure of the state to fulfil its responsibility to protect citizens.

“Today, we have 5,091 reported killings in just three months, 5,091 shattered families, 5,091 indictments of this administration’s security failures, and ultimately, 5,091 reasons this government must go,” Atiku said.

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