• Angry senators declare govt incompetent
• Demand state of emergency on security
• APC assures of safe return of abductees
• Defence Minister rally Nigerians to resist kidnappers, bandits
• Fleeing terrorists kill 11 policemen, residents in Yobe
In another bout of terror, armed bandits in military uniforms, yesterday, invaded Government Science College Kagara, in Niger State and herded unconfirmed number of students and their teachers into the forest.
Failure to effect immediate release of the victims last night triggered concerns over their safety, as one of the pupils was said to have been killed during the attack.
In the wake of the attack, governors of the 36 states last night converged on Abuja to deliberate on the matter and advise the Federal Government on way forward. The meeting chaired by the Ekiti State Governor and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), Kayode Fayemi, was slated for 8.00pm. There was no communiqué yet at press time.
Kagara: It is unfortunate all kidnappings of students are happening in the North ― Lawan Kagara: It is unfortunate all kidnappings of students are happening in the North ― Lawan
• As Senate asks Buhari to declare emergency on insecurity
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has expressed concern over the abduction of school students.
Senator Lawan noted that the unsavoury incident was peculiar to schools located in the northern part of the country and could discourage parents from allowing their children to acquire Western education.
The Senate President remarks was a sequel to a motion brought by Senator representing Niger East, Senator Mohammed Sani Musa, over early morning abduction of students of Government Science Secondary School, Kagara in Niger State.
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