The Presidency has said a sub-regional conspiracy against Nigeria could be responsible for the recent mass abductions in the country.
It alleged that the collaboration by certain regional groups was meant to frustrate and bring down the government of President Bola Tinubu.
Mr. Ajuri Ngelale, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, made the allegation when he appeared on a programme hosted on TVC by Mr. Femi Akande, on Sunday.
He said: “I will say this; across the North, we understand that some of the sub-regional geopolitical forces that are currently at play are actively conspiring against the stability of Nigeria.
“We understand that and we are not sleeping. We are responding to it and we’re doing it in a concerted way, with our neighbours.
“And it is worth noting that the United States government has also pledged its assistance to ensure that there is a full return of all of the schoolchildren who were kidnapped recently in Kaduna.
“But the point is we are going to continue to intensify our collaboration not just within the region, but internationally to make sure that some of the regional actors that are conspiring against our nation are brought to justice and ultimately silenced in the future.”
Lately, mass abductions by bandits have taken place in communities, such as Birni Gwari, Kajuru, Chikun, Giwa and Igabi Local Government Councils of Kaduna State, including the abduction of about 280 schoolchildren last week.
