Nigeria, Nov. 23 -- Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has accused President Bola Tinubu of failing to protect Nigerian schoolchildren after gunmen abducted pupils and teachers from St. Mary's Catholic School in Papiri, Niger State, in yet another attack targeting education facilities.

Mr Amaechi described the attack as part of a worsening pattern of mass abductions, referencing the recent kidnapping of schoolgirls in Maga, Kebbi State. He warned that recurring assaults on schools, farms, highways and worship centres show insecurity has become "systemic, national and urgent."

Last week, a Nigerian delegation led by National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu met with the US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth after President Don...