Chiefpress: GOVERNOR ABUBAKAR SANI BELLO VISITS COLLEGE OF ABDUCTED STUDENTS IN KAGARA
...PROMISES THEIR SAFE RESCUE
Governor Abubakar Sani Bello has paid a visit to Government Science College, Kagara in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State where 27 students and 15 others were abducted by armed bandits.
Governor Sani Bello consoled the family of the student that was killed during the invasion by the bandits while assuring the relatives of the kidnapped victims of their safe return as government is on top of the issue.
"Our priority right away is to get the kidnapped students and 15 others, as well as the NSTA abducted victims unharmed", he said.
He said kidnapping has become a daily occurrence in the state and called on the Federal Government to intensify efforts and employ a new strategy to checkmate the menace.
According to him, payment of Ransome is not part of the state government's policy as obliging to the bandits demands will only but empower them with the resources to purchase more arms.
The Governor added that he was opened to any other form of negotiations including giving a new lease of life to the bandits who chose to abandon their criminal tendencies and embrace positive and humanistic lifestyle.
He expressed gratitude to the Federal Government for the swift response assuring that he would remain constantly in contact with the presidency on the security issues in the state until it is rid of these miscreants.
The Governor directed that the school be secured and rehabilitation work carried out on its structures while the management of the school should keep monitoring the students.
Earlier, Dan'asabe Ubaidu, the principal of the college narrated how the incident occurred to the Governor and the number of students that became victims to the armed bandits.
Ubaidu said that the 15 abducted were staff of the college and their relatives comprising of four male, four female and seven children.
Governor Sani Bello, along with his Deputy, Alhaji Ahmed Mohammed Ketso, Members of the State Executive Council and high-profiled security officers were part of the visitation.
The College, established in 1969, presently has a total of 650 students.
buckeyemedia: To the best of my knowledge licensed people are allowed to bare arms? I am not a Minister but I have a stationed check point of Army less than half a mile from my house. Thank God Never had a breach of security in over 10 years.
And you think ordinary man in the street can acquire gun? Let face the truth, Nigeria is fast becoming a failed state
buckeyemedia: Sure Coward, strangers will just show up & start doing surveillance in your hamlet, & know one will notice, but you expect the President to notice from Abuja? It is your hypocrisy killing you people, it is easier for you to blame the President, than sitting down as a community to solve it. Keep waiting for Abuja to solve a local issue.
no wonder the military under the leadership of ur sponsor has been fighting BOKO HARAM Ffor the past years without success!
buckeyemedia: A Coward dies a thousand times, even on their own land, they have an excuse to run.
If we are to resort to self defence, then people should be allowed to bare arms! Nothing coward man. The idiot defence minister has military men providing him security at his home. Is he also a coward?
buckeyemedia: Speaking to his people which includes you, or are you an Oyibo man on Nairaland? Simple message for docile people like you fight back,?mind over matter, a few people cannot hold the majority to ransom,?by your words it is clear a timid man like you cannot join the Army to even defend his family, but will be the first person on the internet to be making noise?
You must be a suicider to fight with bare hands well armed bandits with AK47 that even soldiers do runaway from a times!
buckeyemedia: The Sure strangers that don’t know their way around the village will just show up start killing people that have lived there all their lives? No one saw them coming? The problem with you people, am I my brother’s keeper? No.
So you think the bandits will just come and attack a village without prior surveillance?
buckeyemedia: Like he said stop been cowards, a whole village needs ammunition to fight 10 Fulani persons that trespassed their so called ancestral land? Intelligence is what is needed not arms, you have the numbers.
Minister of Defence, Major General (rtd) Bashir Magashi, has asked Nigerians to summon courage and stand up to the gunmen wreaking havoc across the country.
Speaking with newsmen on the sideline of the screening of Service Chiefs by the House of Representatives on Wednesday, Magashi described those who abducted staff and students of a secondary school in Kagara community in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, as cowards.
He said Nigerians have the responsibility to ensure there is adequate security around them.
Magashi said, “Well, is it the responsibility of the military alone? It is the responsibility of everybody to be alert and ensure safety when necessary.”
“We shouldn’t be cowards. Sometimes the bandits come with about three rounds of ammunition and when they fire shots, everybody will run. In our younger days, we stand to fight any form of aggression.
“Why should people run away from minor aggressions? We should stand and face them. If these people know that the people have the competence and capability to defend themselves, they will run away.”
The Minister also dismissed the clamour for Nigerians to be allowed to bear arms to defend themselves.
“It is an issue currently even in the developed country. They are still debating on whether to continue (to allow people bear arms) or stop. But I don’t advice Nigerians to bear fire arms for internal use,” he added.