The spokesperson of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Bolaji Abdullahi has reacted after the Chief of Defense Staff, Olufemi Oluyede compared the case of terrorists with that of the prodigal son in the Bible.
The reaction of Bolaji Abdullahi was contained in a post that he shared on his official X handle on Friday, March 27, 2026.
The CDS used the analogy while answering a question on the reason why some terrorists are being rehabilitated.
Here is what the Chief of Defense Staff said;
“Some people have asked questions that why do we need to rehabilitate criminals? Some are saying they all need to be killed because they have also killed people. But even in the bible, we heard about the prodigal son. The point is that these people are mostly Nigerians and it’s better we give them the opportunity to repent if they want to”.
However, Bolaji Abdullahi has now shared his thoughts after the Chief of Defense Staff made the statement. In a post that he shared on his official X handle, he condemned what Olufemi Oluyede said. He said the government should stop framing terrorists with familial terms.
Here is what Bolaji Abdullahi wrote on his official X handle;
“When a government begins to frame terrorists in familial terms, it blurs the moral and legal lines that must remain clear in any serious security response.
“With this mindset, it is easy to understand why the current approach has struggled to protect lives and decisively end the killings”. Read_More…