The kidnappers demanded cash ransom - The President refused.
They demanded a prisoner swap - our children for captured terrorists. The President's answer was simple: Never.
Frustrated, they threatened to eliminate the hostages - The President outmaneuvered them by circling their own relatives.
When they ran out of options and attempted to flee, our gallant security forces closed in and ambushed them.
The President did not only recover all our children and their teachers unharmed, he also apprehended the terrorists.
Mr. President - The Master Strategist delivered a 100% rescue formula.
Only one move remains on the chessboard: let justice be swift and uncompromising, these agents of darkness should be hastily dispatched to hell, so our land may breathe with one less pocket of evil.
Kidnap innocent citizens and the Nigerian government will arrest your father, mother, wife, concubines, siblings, demolish your family house, and you might not make it back alive. A very good strategy going forward. #SayNoToTerrorism
If you kidnap a Nigerian child or adult for ransom, we will hunt down and imprison your entire lineage, even if it means dragging them from Chad, Benin Republic, or wherever they are hiding.
When you choose the path of terrorism, ruthlessness is the only language you understand. When you are eliminated, there will be no mourning, no funeral, and no sympathy.
Zero tolerance for terrorists and kidnappers.
Restore peace and sanity in Nigeria!
Nigeria Forward 🇳🇬💚
The leadership of Ansaru terrorist bastards will not recover from this Oyo kidnap. Every single member of their immediate and extended family, accomplices, and informants were reportedly arrested and detained. Everyone. Their homes demolished, their cattle destroyed. They cried, begged and groveled. They felt the weight of the federal government. They have been seriously degraded! #SayNoToTerrorism #UniteAgainstTerror 💙
One thing I have always admired about the Yoruba culture is their deep sense of gratitude.
Just look at how the people in the community where the abducted Oyo school children and teachers were rescued came out to thank and appreciate the military personnel as they drove away after the successful operation.
In some other regions, such an operation might have been met with insults and accusations that the federal government is using the military to invade their community.
That culture of acknowledging and appreciating those who make sacrifices deserves recognition.
The Yoruba people place a high value on gratitude, and it is a quality worth emulating.
Israelis have no bounds. If they do this to a US Congressman, imagine what they do to innocent Palestinians with no power. This is obvious apartheid!! Why are we being forced to finance these atrocities?!
Tonight, our nation has reason to give thanks.
The children and teachers abducted by Ansaru terrorists in Oyo State have been rescued by our security forces, alive and unharmed. No ransom was paid. No concession was made.
I salute every officer and operative whose courage, discipline, and professionalism made this possible.
To those who seek to spread fear through terror, know that the Nigerian state will pursue you relentlessly. We will protect our people, defend our communities, and never relent until peace and security prevail across our country.
BOLA AHMED TINUBU
President & Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces
Federal Republic of Nigeria
PETER OBI MUST APOLOGISE TO AIRPORT STAFF AND PAY THE FINE FOR WRONG PARKING
As the Minister of Aviation, I felt a moral duty to investigate and authenticate the claim made by opposition candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, a few days ago that the tyres of his car were ‘unjustly’ clamped at the airport, suggesting a ‘persecution agenda’ against him by the Federal Government. Politics aside, every Nigerian is entitled to fair treatment under the law.
I therefore instituted an internal inquiry over the issue.
Luckily enough, the entire Abuja airport is covered by CCTV cameras, real-time, 24/7. But apparently, this fact was unknown to Mr. Peter Obi. Otherwise, perhaps he would have been more circumspect before rushing to the media to cry ‘persecution’.
From the recordings, these are the facts:
1. On Saturday, July 4th, 2026, Mr. Obi arrived at the domestic wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja at exactly 20:28 pm, driven by a Policeman. He alighted with two other occupants and went into the terminal building.
2. The Police driver then parked the vehicle, almost blocking the entrance and came out himself and went into the terminal building too. The airport rule is that, apart from the fact that it is a drop-off zone, a driver must remain behind the wheels of the vehicle for it to be tolerated for some time within that zone. Still the vehicle tyres were not clamped.
3. The Policeman came back to the vehicle at about 20:32pm and collected something from the vehicle and went back into the building again, leaving the vehicle unattended to.
4. At this point, the dutiful airport security staff came over and clamped the tyres of the car. In doing this, contrary to the claims by Peter Obi, nobody was inside the car and so nobody knew whether it was his car (not that it should matter, anyway).
5. When the Policeman returned again and discovered the tyres were clamped, he was directed to an office and upon getting there, he called Mr. Peter Obi on his phone and gave the phone to the manager. Mr. Peter Obi then introduced himself and spoke with the manager, peddled his ‘influence’ and requested for the release of the vehicle. His vehicle was then released without him paying the necessary fine.
6. It is important to note that the time the vehicle was parked unattended to in that prohibited zone was about 30 minutes, which constitutes a security risk at an airport by global best practices.
What has emerged from this is a clear case of an opposition candidate trying to whip up unnecessary sentiments for a wrong he committed with his driver. The excuse which Mr. Peter Obi gave that there were other offenders too on that day (which is completely false) cannot be an excuse for an individual aspiring to be President of Nigeria. He must live above board.
This is a matter that was not even mentioned at all by the airport authorities and had been put to rest. But ever determined to milk any situation to score cheap political points, Mr. Peter Obi decided to go on air to render a false narrative.
Therefore, he must also face the consequences of his actions. (I have attached the CCTV footages to this statement for the public to clearly see what transpired.)
In the circumstances, consistent with the principle of equality before the law, as Minister of Aviation, I make the following demands on Mr. Peter Obi:
1. That he tenders an unreserved, public apology to those hardworking, ordinary Nigerian workers at the airport, just doing their jobs dutifully and whom he sought to blackmail as his ‘persecutors’.
2. That Mr. Peter Obi voluntarily goes back to the airport and pay the appropriate fine of N25,000 for wrongful parking at the airport for which he used ‘influence peddling’ to bully his way out on that day. He cannot be bigger than the law.
If these demands are not met within one week, I will be giving the necessary directives to the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to take the next steps against him.