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Kastina Abduction: CAN Urges Buhari To Protect Schools Nationwide

Kastina Abduction: CAN Urges Buhari To Protect Schools Natio

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to provide protection for schools and colleges nationwide especially in the areas where security appears compromised.

The Christian organization who also called for the closure of boarding facilities in all private and government schools in the Northern part of the country describes the abduction of 333 students of Government Secondary School, Kankara in Katsina State as “another tragic chapter in the history of Nigeria occasioned by the criminal activities of some hoodlums”.

AllNews gathered that Dr. Samson Ayokunle, the President of the Christian organization stated these in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media and Communications, Adebayo Oladeji, titled, ‘Kankara Abduction: Governments have learned nothing from previous kidnappings – CAN’.

He added that the criminals operate in Nigeria with impunity “as if our security agencies are on holiday”. The daring posture of the criminals on the day President General Muhammadu Buhari touched down Katsina State has sent a strong message to him that the security architecture of Nigeria has been compromised under his watch.

The statement partly read, “The fact that the unfortunate incident happened while the Chief Security Officer of the country and the President, Muhammadu Buhari, is in his home state means these criminals have sent a strong message to him that the security architecture of the country has been compromised under his watch.

“The abduction has also exposed the failure of both the government and the security agencies to learn from the abduction of 276 Chibok schoolgirls in 2014 in Borno State and 110 schoolgirls at the Government Girls’ Science and Technical College in Dapchi, in Yobe State in 2018.

“It also means all stakeholders in the Education sector have learned nothing from the two historic tragedies despite the fact that our security agencies have failed to secure the release of the remaining Chibok schoolgirls and the only Dapchi schoolgirl, Leah Sharibu, who is still wasting in the den of the terrorists.

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“From all indications, our governments are not bothered about the security of the people despite all the killings that are being recorded daily. The President turned down the invitation of the House of Representatives to explain and rob minds with the legislators on the way out of our deplorable security situation in the country.

“What an attitude of ‘I don’t care!’ President Muhammadu Buhari should remember that history is being written about him with the way he is addressing all these security challenges just as we are talking about the Chibok schoolgirls and the Jonathan administration."

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