Security analyst Onyekachi Adekoya has urged the Nigerian government to prioritize the rescue of abducted school children above all other considerations, insisting that the means of recovery matter far less than the outcome itself.
Speaking on a recent television appearance, Adekoya argued that both the Department of State Services and state-level police intelligence units possess the knowledge and capacity to act decisively.
His remarks came amid growing public concern over what many describe as a troubling pattern of security failures affecting Nigerian schoolchildren in vulnerable communities.
According to official YouTube channel of Channels on Tuesday, May 26, 2026, Adekoya made his position unmistakably clear when he stated, “get them out however you get them out,” dismissing rigid diplomatic posturing as inappropriate when innocent lives hang in the balance.
He pointed to a striking example involving nations that publicly claim never to negotiate with terrorists, yet welcomed a former Syrian president to the White House and extended a NATO invitation, saying, “we don’t have to speak English when it comes to lives,” a pointed rebuke of political hypocrisy masquerading as principled governance.
The analyst also directed sharp criticism at state governors, arguing that logistics and intelligence gathering remain foundational to any functional security architecture.
He noted that one governor had previously described himself as the “chief logistics officer” of his state rather than its chief security officer, warning that “without logistics there can be no security.”
Adekoya acknowledged some progress in certain states, mentioning a proposal he personally submitted on protective intelligence gathering and using data to predict and preempt attacks before they occur on the ground.
Beyond immediate rescue operations, Adekoya insisted that accountability must follow, declaring emphatically that “heads need to roll” and that “somebody must be held to account” for the apparent security breakdown that allowed the abduction to happen in the first place.
He argued that politicians must bear a political toll for failures occurring within their jurisdictions, warning that without such consequences, the governing class will never develop the urgency required to treat security as the non-negotiable, primary obligation it legally and morally represents for every elected official.
“Get them out however you can” encapsulates Adekoya’s broader message, but his most incisive remarks targeted President Tinubu directly.
Reacting to a post attributed to the president suggesting politicians bear responsibility for insecurity, he called it “a bit reckless and quite irresponsible,” adding pointedly, “if you are the commander and chief of the armed forces of Federal Republic of Nigeria, you have all the instrument of state.”……See More
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