The National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has held a strategic engagement with the chairman of the Niger State chapter of the Christian Affiliation of Nigeria (CAN), in addition to employees and oldsters of kidnapped pupils of St. Mary’s Catholic School, Papiri, in Agwarra native authorities space of the State.
The assembly, held within the wake of nationwide outrage over the kidnapping, centered on ongoing rescue efforts and coordination between safety companies and native stakeholders to safe the discharge of the kidnap victims.
Recall that on November 21, gunmen stormed St. Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri, abducting over 300 pupils and 12 academics in a pre-dawn raid that despatched shockwaves throughout the nation. The assault got here simply days after 26 schoolgirls have been kidnapped within the neighbouring of Kebbi State.
In line with CAN, 215 college students and 12 employees members have been taken in the course of the assault, whereas about 50 college students escaped after two days in captivity and have since reunited with their mother and father.
In the meantime, mother and father of the kidnapped college students staged a peaceable protest on Saturday on the faculty premises, accusing the federal government of negligence and a sluggish response to the tragedy, eight days after the kidnapping..
The kidnapping in Niger State marked one of many largest mass kidnappings in recent times, rekindling fears over the security of colleges in northern Nigeria and drawing parallels to the 2014 Chibok and 2018 Dapchi faculty abductions.
