Daniel Bwala defended President Bola Tinubu’s 2014 demand for ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s resignation following the Chibok girls’ abduction. Tinubu, then an opposition leader, cited Jonathan’s failure to secure the nation, a call Bwala now deems “legitimate.”
Bwala argued that unlike the past, Tinubu’s administration maintains a zero-tolerance policy against negotiating with kidnappers. This approach aims to prevent ransom payments from inadvertently funding criminal groups and strengthening their operations.
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