Kaduna Senator condemns abduction of students by bandits

The Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Lawal Usman, has condemned the kidnapping of students of Government Secondary School and LEA Primary School, Kuriga in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

The lawmaker said he was saddened by the incident and extended his deepest sympathy to all the parents and families of the victims.

According to him, it is time the security agencies take the battle to the enclave of the bandits terrorising the state.

Usman stated: “In the last few weeks, the Kaduna Central Senatorial Zone has witnessed the escalation of tension as a result of terrorists’ attacks, killings and abductions in several communities in the Kajuru, Chikun, Birnin-Gwari, Giwa and Igabi local government councils.

“Today, I am saddened and in a state of rude shock over the abduction of pupils of the primary and secondary schools at Kuriga, Chikun Local Government Area, along the dreaded Birnin-Gwari-Kaduna highway.

“The spate of gruesome attacks and abductions in recent days has demoralised the citizens and further put them in a traumatic condition without any sign of relief.

“As a senator representing the area, I extend my deepest sympathy to all the parents and families of the pupils abducted at Kuriga and all those who lost their precious lives.

“Although our security forces are working assiduously to bring our children back safely, I urged the government at all levels and our security forces to be more proactive rather than reactive in dealing decisively with miscreants terrorising our communities.

“Despite all the efforts and successes recorded by the security forces to curtail attacks by terrorists, there is the need to take the fight to the doorstep of the terrorists.”

Allnews.ng recalls that penultimate Thursday, bandits invaded Gonin-Gora in the troubled Chikun LGA, forcing the residents to barricade the Kaduna-Abuja Expressway in protest against the abduction of an unspecified number of people in the area.