BY FOLASHADE KEHINDE
THE All Progressives Congress has asked Nigeria’s security agencies to go after terrorists and deny them space to pepertrate crime.
The party was reacting to last Friday’s attack on Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, where hundreds of school boys were kidnapped.
Chairman, Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee and Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, in a statement on Tuesday, urged the security agencies to dig deeper into the incident and also ensure that Nigerian students could go to school safely and learn across Nigeria.
He said this was a particularly sad and difficult moment, not just for the families of the victims, the government and people of Katsina State, but for the entire country.
Buni said, “These abductions bring to mind the sad incidents in Chibok and Dapchi in Borno and Yobe States respectively a few years ago where students undergoing their studies and working hard to become tomorrow’s leaders were abducted by insurgents and made to go through appallingly harrowing experiences.
“As the Buhari administration works harder to improve the security situation in the country, the APC calls on the nation’s security agencies to dig deeper and do better by ensuring that our students can go to school safely and learn all across the country.
“There is no greater harm that insecurity can do to a nation than to destroy its education and the future of its youths.”
The APC chieftain however expressed his confidence in the security agencies, saying they had the commitment and training to restore public confidence in their ability to secure the lives and property of Nigerians.
“They should therefore demonstrate this commitment by more robustly going after criminals and denying them the space to perpetrate crime,” he said.
He added, “On our part, the APC assures Nigerians that it will continue to work with the Federal Government, security agencies, governors, emirs, community leaders and all other stakeholders to address and improve the security situation in the country.
“The APC calls on Nigerians to continue to partner with the Federal Government and the security agencies so that together we can restore peace and sanity in our streets, on our roads, and all across the nooks and crannies of the country.”
