PRESS STATEMENT
OBIDIENT MOVEMENT CONDEMNS THE REHABILITATION AND REINTEGRATION OF 744 TERRORISTS INTO NIGERIAN SOCIETY
The Obidient Movement condemns in the strongest possible terms the rehabilitation and planned reintegration of 744 so-called repentant terrorists into Nigerian society under Operation Safe Corridor.
A country where children are kidnapped from schools, teachers are killed in captivity, farmers are slaughtered on their farms, communities are taken over by terrorists, and even retired army generals are not safe has no moral right to start pampering terrorists in the name of rehabilitation. The death of retired Major General Rabe Abubakar in captivity should shame every person in this government. If a retired army general, a man who served this country at the highest level of military communication, can be abducted and die in captivity, what exactly is the safety of the ordinary Nigerian?
As if that was not enough, at least 17 farmers were killed and 13 others injured in Goron Namaye, Maradun, Zamfara, while they were working on their farms. So farmers cannot farm. Children cannot go to school. Teachers cannot teach. Citizens cannot travel. Retired army generals cannot live safely. Yet the same government that cannot protect the living is rehabilitating and preparing to release terrorists back into society. What kind of wicked national arrangement is this?
What kind of country rewards terror and abandons victims? What kind of government rehabilitates terrorists while widows of fallen soldiers are still crying? What kind of leadership trains murderers in skills while many victims of their violence are left with trauma, poverty, displacement, and graves? What message is this government sending to the soldiers still fighting in the bush? What message are they sending to the families of murdered soldiers? What message are they sending to parents whose children are still in captivity? What message are they sending to communities destroyed by these same monsters?
You cannot bury soldiers and rehabilitate terrorists. You cannot mourn generals and pamper the enemies of the state. You cannot claim to be fighting insecurity while recycling the very people who helped create it. This policy is a slap on every victim of terrorism in Nigeria. It is a slap on every soldier who died defending this country. It is a slap on every parent who has lost a child, every community that has been displaced, every woman violated, every teacher killed, every farmer slaughtered, and every citizen living under fear.
The government owes Nigerians answers. Who are these 744 people? What exactly did they do? Who did they kill? Which communities did they attack? How were they vetted? Who is monitoring them? Where are they being sent? What guarantee exists that they will not return to terrorism? That they swore on the quran? The same quran they claim to quote while carrying out terrorism? The same quran they hide behind while killing, kidnapping, burning communities, and destroying innocent lives? Nigeria must stop treating religious performance as national security strategy.
Why are the names of these people hidden from the public while innocent Nigerians are expected to accept them back into society? A government that cannot protect citizens has no business asking citizens to trust its terrorist rehabilitation experiment. This country has seen too much blood to be playing with national security like this.
If one of these so-called repentant terrorists returns to violence, who will take responsibility? If one of them joins another cell, who will answer? If one of them uses the training received from government to strengthen criminal networks, who will be held accountable? Nigeria cannot continue to reward violence and punish innocence.
The same government that cannot properly compensate victims is rehabilitating terrorists. The same government that cannot equip soldiers properly is training terrorists. The same government that cannot secure schools is preparing to return terrorists into communities. The same government that cannot rescue abducted children is asking Nigerians to accept the reintegration of people linked to terror. The same government that cannot stop terrorists from slaughtering farmers on their own farmland is playing forgiveness politics with the same violence destroying food security.
This is the height of irresponsibility. No serious country treats terrorism like a youth empowerment programme. No serious nation takes people who helped destroy communities, gives them training, hides their identities, and expects traumatised citizens to clap. Peace without justice is nonsense. Rehabilitation without accountability is danger. Reintegration without transparency is reckless.
The Obidient Movement demands the immediate suspension of this reintegration process until Nigerians are given full transparency. We demand full disclosure of the vetting process. We demand independent monitoring of every person released under Operation Safe Corridor. We demand proper justice and compensation for victims before any government thinks of pampering perpetrators. We demand that soldiers, victims, displaced communities, farmers, and families of the dead be prioritised above terrorists. We demand a national security policy that protects innocent Nigerians, not one that rewards those who made the country bleed.
A country where army generals can die in captivity should not be forgiving terrorists. A country where children are still in the bush with their captors should not be graduating terrorists. A country where teachers are killed and beheaded should not be celebrating terrorist rehabilitation. A country where farmers are slaughtered on their farms should not be reintegrating terrorists. A country where citizens cannot travel safely should not be releasing hundreds of so-called repentant terrorists into society.
Nigeria cannot heal by embracing the hands that are choking it. Enough of this madness. Protect citizens. Honour the fallen. Compensate victims. Secure communities. Stop pampering terrorists.
Karigwe
Prophet of Thoughts
For and on behalf of Obidients, since the leadership of the Movement is sleeping.
This Rivers NDC is funny.
Friday they held congress for PVC drive.
Saturday they held rally for PVC drive.
No PVC registration in both meetings.
They invited media houses, but did not invite INEC.
This is not 2012.
You need to put in realistic measures to win election.
Those who rejoice in illegality often have something questionable about them if you look closely.
My unfortunate elder brother from the Southwest, Sayilaw, it is quite unfortunate that you rejoiced when I was kidnapped simply because I made a video responding to your claim on a podcast that Nigeria is better today than it was 10 years ago.
In that video, I asked a simple question: if Nigeria is safer and better today, why did you relocate your family abroad instead of leaving them here?
Rather than engage with the argument, you chose to celebrate my disappearance. That, unfortunately, says a lot about your character.
However, as has always been my principle, I do not engage in personal attacks or drag individuals unless it concerns the betterment of Nigeria.
My only concern is building a better Nigeria—a Nigeria where citizens will not feel the need to send their families abroad for safety and opportunities while returning home to defend bad governance.
Remember, nothing lasts forever.
In my time and in my generation, I still believe Nigeria will be great again.
Justice can never be cracked.
God bless Nigeria. 🇳🇬
Insecurity: Nigeria Cannot Continue Like This
I received with deep shock and sadness the tragic death of retired Major General Rabe Abubakar, who reportedly died while in the custody of kidnappers. Earlier, before this heartbreaking news, I also received disturbing reports of renewed bandit attacks in Sokoto and Kwara States.
The armed bandits reportedly blocked a market route in Sokoto and abducted traders, while terrorists invaded communities in Kwara State, kidnapping scores of citizens and killing innocent people, are heartbreaking and alarming. These incidents are not isolated tragedies; they are clear manifestations of the deepening security crisis confronting our nation.
But particularly painful is the reported death of Major General Rabe Abubakar, a distinguished military officer who dedicated a significant part of his life to defending Nigeria and protecting its citizens. It is tragic that a man who served his fatherland with honour, rose through the ranks of the Nigerian Armed Forces, and retired after years of meritorious service, would meet such a heartbreaking end at the hands of criminal elements. His death is a national tragedy and a sobering indictment of the insecurity that has engulfed our country.
When traders can no longer travel safely to markets, farmers cannot access their farms, communities live under constant fear, and even retired senior military officers are not spared from the menace of kidnapping and violent crime, it becomes evident that our nation is facing a grave security emergency.
Security remains the foremost responsibility of any government. Every life lost, every citizen abducted, and every community displaced represent a painful failure of our collective duty to protect the Nigerian people. The recurring attacks in Sokoto, Kwara, and many other parts of the country demonstrate that insecurity is not only persisting but spreading in both scope and intensity.
I once again urge the Federal Government and our security agencies to move beyond rhetoric and adopt a more proactive, intelligence-driven, technology-based, and coordinated approach to tackling insecurity. We must strengthen our security architecture, improve intelligence gathering, secure our borders, equip and motivate our security personnel, and ensure that those responsible for these heinous crimes are apprehended and brought to justice.
A nation where citizens live in fear cannot prosper. A nation where economic activities are disrupted daily by criminal elements cannot attract investment, create jobs, or guarantee a better future for its people. We must urgently reclaim every part of our country from terrorists, bandits, kidnappers, and all criminal gangs threatening our collective existence.
My heartfelt condolences go to the family of Major General Rabe Abubakar, his former colleagues in the Armed Forces, and all Nigerians who have lost loved ones to insecurity. I also sympathise with the families of those killed, those abducted, and the affected communities in Sokoto, Kwara, and across the nation.
The recurring tragedies and embarrassing security failures we continue to witness make the quest for a New Nigeria not only necessary but inevitable. We must build a nation where every citizen can live, work, travel, and pursue legitimate economic activities without fear.
A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO
Good news: Uchegbu Kosischukwu won the gold medal in the senior category at the German Mathematics Olympiad in Frankfurt, Germany.
She competed against students from schools across Germany and also from 52 other countries.
She currently attends Ambassador College, Ota.
What a star!
Julian Omowale Quinones with great grandparents from Iyin Ekiti in Ekite State scored the first opening goal for Mexico today against the South Africans today.
Julian said his grandfather appeared to him in a dream that one day he will make Nigeria proud 🥹
That day is today