A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr. Obadiah Mailafia, has urged the Nigerian Army to stop making ‘reassuring noises’ and do everything possible to secure the release of the schoolboys abducted last Friday from the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State.

Bandits had stormed the school on Friday night and abducted at least 333 students after a gun duel with the police. The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), had arrived in the state on Friday, hours before the abduction took place.


The former CBN deputy governor described the incident as unfortunate, adding that bandits must be treated as terrorists because they are enemies of the state.

He spoke Monday on Arise TV’s The Morning Show monitored by The PUNCH.

Mailafia said, “My heart goes out to the parents who must be going through a traumatising, agonising time.

“The security forces must do everything they can. We’ve heard some reassuring noises from the Army, saying that they have zeroed down on the exact location of the bandits and where the children are being held.

“All those children must be brought back alive and brought back to their parents. This is not a time for braggadocio. This is not the time for machismo. This is the time to ensure that we bring them (the students) back safely.”

On the prospect of a negotiation with the bandits by the Governor Aminu Masari-led government, Mailafia said, “I don’t expect that the negotiations will be done in the open but a lot of underground work must be done and there must be enough inducement and enough of backups.”



The Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress in the last election also advised the Federal Government to approach countries like Russia and Israel for support to combat the terrorism and banditry in the country.

“I don’t know why we have not spoken to Russia. Russia’s Vladimir Putin has found a rigorous way of dealing with terrorists. Putin does not negotiate with terrorists. We should talk to Israel; we should talk to countries that have dealt with terrorism. We should talk to countries willing to help,” Mailafia stated.

The Kankara students’ abduction is not the first in the history of the nation. Non-state actors had in the past abducted hundreds of secondary school girls from Chibok, in Borno State; and Dapchi in Yobe State. Some of them eventually regained freedom while a number of them were detained in the enclaves of their abductors and sexual abusers.

https://punchng.com/students-abduction-army-making-reassuring-noises-says-mailafia/



Lalasticlala

Who still take Nigeria army serious

Reassuring noises.


That's deep.

Mailafia has got a bad mouth.

You can't but agree with him. Nigeria should seek for international help to combat these privileged terrorists.

always making noise or dancing when they should fight
python dance my yansh

IPOBIC noising that's all NA knows how to do nothing more....

Yes

Putin tin tin....

What have Mailafia said that is not a glaring truth or happening in Nigeria under Buhari government?

Mailafiya said a northern governor is a Boko Haram commander, they asked him to name the governor, nigga said he heard it from market women.
This man is another FFK in the making

BafanaBafana:
Mailafiya said a northern governor is a Boko Haram commander, they asked him to name the governor, nigga said he heard it from market women.
This man is another FFK in the making

Please shut up and stop derailing this topic if u have nothing meaningful to contribute....

Another $1bn ransom loading.

All the kidnapped youths will be rescued and normalcy will again be restored. President Mohammadu Buhari is on top of the situation. So it's not a matter of "if they are rescued", but "when they are rescued and the devilish perpetrators brought to justice... ".. and they'll be rescued safe and sound! There's no cause for alarm!

As for the enemies of the North and Nigeria rejoicing over this unfortunate incident, I have got bad news for you.. Your joy and happiness will be shortlived. Screenshot this post and take it to the bank!

God bless us all.
God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

BafanaBafana:
Mailafiya said a northern governor is a Boko Haram commander, they asked him to name the governor, nigga said he heard it from market women.
This man is another FFK in the making

My beloved brother, I am glad you know him too well.. You know, in every society, there's a Judas... All in an attempt to discredit the government of President Mohammadu Buhari, these evil people won't mind soiling their hands with the blood of the innocent.. But I assure you, sooner or later, the judgement of God Almighty shall befall them.. They will PAY DEARLY for all the evil they've done..

Similarly, everyone, whether in government or not, that's involved in this menace shall face the full wrath of God Almighty. Is it not God Almighty that said, in His glorious Qur'an, that killing one innocent person - except for murder or spreading mischief in the land - is equivalent to killing the whole of humanity? Imagine being punished by God Almighty Himself for killing or sponsoring the killing of thousands of innocent people - let 1 innocent person be the whole humanity - in addition to other sins? Let's do the math! Yeah, beyond maths, right? Exactly! Eternal damnation in the hottest part of Hell Fire plus skins are renewed occasionally!

My God does not fail! Their days of reckoning have come!

May God help and bless us all.

BafanaBafana:
Mailafiya said a northern governor is a Boko Haram commander, they asked him to name the governor, nigga said he heard it from market women.
This man is another FFK in the making

So DSS now brief BMC members ?

When he complained about insecurity, he was arrested.


Nigeria eehn