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Atiku Abubakar calls for state of emergency following Kaduna school abduction
- Another abduction of school children in the northern region of Nigeria, this time in Kaduna.
- Kaduna State out to know the exact number of pupils and teachers taken away.
Former Nigeria vice president Atiku Abubakar has urged to Federal Government to announce a State of Emergency following the abduction of primary school pupils and teachers in Rema, Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Monday.
EKO HOT BLOG gathered that the Kaduna State Government via the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, is currently obtaining information on the number of pupils and teachers kidnapped.
“With the latest Kaduna school abduction, I repeat my call for the FG to declare a state of emergency in the education sector and to post 24-hour armed guards at every school in the affected and neighbouring states. No expense must be spared to keep our schools safe,” Atiku said in a post on Twitter.
“With 13.5 million children, Nigeria is already the world headquarters for out of school kids. This can only make things worse. It behoves on us as a nation to act decisively and excise this cancer of school abductions from our polity with clinically precise policies.
“We must also stop paying ransom at random. It is a short-term solution that will cause much long-term destruction. We must, as a nation, impose law and order now, or we will bequeath lawlessness and disorder to the next generation. And may God forbid that.”
With the latest Kaduna school abduction, I repeat my call for the FG to declare a state of emergency in the education sector and to post 24-hour armed guards at every school in the affected and neighbouring states. No expense must be spared to keep our schools safe.
— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) March 15, 2021
We must also stop paying ransom at random. It is a short term solution that will cause much long term destruction. We must, as a nation, impose law and order now, or we will bequeath lawlessness and disorder to the next generation. And may God forbid that. https://t.co/3s590c5aMF
— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) March 15, 2021
The abduction in Kaduna is the latest of a growing list of activity going on in various schools in the countries northern region.
Kidnappings have already taken place in Kankara and Mahuta, both in Katsina state as well as Kangara in Niger State and Jangebe in Zamfara State, all between December 2020 till date.
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