From: Femi Oyelola, Kaduna
Senator representing Kaduna South Senatorial District in the Upper Chamber, Sunday Marshall Katung, has called for a better response to the resurgence of mass abductions of people, especially schoolchildren.
Senator Katung said the incidences of mass abductions were predictable, hence the need for a quick, but strategic and emphatic response to the situation.
The Lawmaker made the call in a sympathy statement he issued on Tuesday, reacting to the recent abductions of about 500 persons in Kaduna State, including 287 schoolchildren at Kuriga LEA Primary School.
He expressed fear that, if a better response to the security challenges is not adopted, the country will continue to deal with the aftermath of kidnappings, banditry, and criminalities in its communities.
Senator Katung while describing the abduction of Kuriga schoolchildren as a direct attack on the nation’s educational growth, sympathized with Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani, as well as the people and parents of the kidnapped Kuriga students.
He also promised to lobby his colleagues in the upper chamber of the National Assembly for collaboration of any form with Governor Uba Sani, towards tackling the security menace.
According to the Senator, “The continued incidents of mass abduction of school children in Nigeria is assuming a normative pattern that is a sad reminder of previous kidnappings that our country has faced.
“It is worrisome, condemnable, and a direct attack on our country’s educational institutions. It portends an existential threat to our educational growth. Schools are supposed to be safe havens for learning for both students and educators and not a place of fear.”
