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Niger: Buhari Orders Security Agencies To Ensure Rescue Of Captives

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Niger: Buhari Orders Security Agencies To Ensure Rescue Of Captives
  • Gunmen had reportedly attacked the school in the wee hours of Wednesday, shot dead a student and abducted several others
  • The number of abducted persons is however yet to be ascertained

Following reports of the brazen attack on Government Science College, Kagara, Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Armed Forces and Police, to ensure immediate and safe return of all the captives.

Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, who disclosed this in a series of tweets on Wednesday, said the President has also dispatched to Minna, Niger State a team of security chiefs to coordinate the rescue operation and meet with state officials, community leaders, as well as parents and staff of the College.

Read also: JUST IN: Gunmen Storm School, Kill One Student, Abduct Others In Niger

According to the tweets, President Buhari has assured of the support of his administration to the Armed Forces in their brave struggle against terrorism and banditry and urged them to do all that can be done to bring an end to this saga, and avoid such cowardly attacks on schools in the future.

“Our prayers are with families of the victims of this attack,” said the President as he condemned as cowardly the attack on innocent school children.

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