Atiku Bagudu, governor of Kebbi state, on Tuesday, paid
President Muhammadu Buhari a visit to brief him on the abduction of students
and staff of Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri.
A number of students and teachers were kidnapped when gunmen
attacked the school on June 17. About eight of the abductees have since been
rescued.
Speaking to journalists after meeting with Buhari, Bagudu
said he told the president that security agencies have been deployed to rescue
the students.
He said the president expressed his sympathy and condemned the abduction.
Bagudu said: “I visited Mr. President, President Muhammadu
Buhari, to further brief him about the unfortunate incidents in Kebbi state, at
the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, where a number of bandits
overwhelmed the security agencies and abducted a number of pupils, teaching
staff and non-teaching staff and the regrettable loss of life by a police
officer in the process and some pupils also and those who were wounded in the
process, and those who are still in the hands of the terror gang even though
some successes have been commendably achieved by the rescue of some pupils and
teachers.
“I explained to him that the security agencies have
mobilised and are doing a great job, assisted by the military, the air force,
the police, civil defense, vigilante and community leaders. They are still at
it and they’re doing a great job, but we need more support by all Nigerians and
in fact all to ensure that we give them our maximum cooperation to finish what
they have started.
“President has, as always, expressed sympathy to those
innocent persons who are held hostage against their will by terror elements and
he condemned the action of all terror groups, wherever they are, whether they
are bandits, Boko Haram, or any group that is taking away the liberty and
freedoms and, in fact, lives and livelihoods of others. He maintained the
instruction he has always given to the security agencies to give their maximum
best in dealing with those criminal elements.”
The governor further called on all Nigerians to unite and
support the security agencies in fishing out the culprits.
“Our stand, I have made it very clear this is condemnable,
this should not happen and all people of goodwill, all good people should
mobilise to confront evil and evil elements and criminal elements in our
society. It’s not just a job for the security agencies, we have to support
them. We have to mobilise,” he said.
“Since I made that statement, which I meant by every stretch
of imagination, many groups have come out to demonstrate similar supports and
yesterday we have seen mobilisation by the Niger state governor and I believe
we’ll see more in the coming days.
“Nigerians should unite so that we confront criminality.
While offering our sympathies to all those innocent young ones and teachers who
are being held. They also appreciated that this thing requires unity of purpose
by all Nigerians and that is what will show support to them in calling all
governors and even without out calling them, they are eager to do it. But this
is further a wake-up call to all of us.”
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