The Senate Leader, Senator Ahmed
Lawan on Thursday charged the nation’s security agencies to do more to secure
schools because Boko Haram insurgents have found the abduction female pupils to
be a goldmine.
The Nigerian Senate had last week
hinted that the Nigerian government paid ransom to secure the release of some
of the Chibok girls kidnapped in April 2014 by Boko Haram terrorists.
Speaking to newsmen after a visit
to Governor Ibrahim Gaidam in Damaturu, the Senate Leader said the recent
kidnap of the Dapchi pupils in Yobe state is a big lesson to those in
government.
He said the National Assembly has
asked the Federal Government to ensure that all necessary measures are taken to
ensure that the girls returned to their parents and the case of abduction
became history in the country.
“We will continue to push and
monitor the development as they go especially those of us from this state will
have interest to know that there is no hindrance or delay in chasing the
insurgents to recover the girls and brought to their families and eventually to
their schools.
“After the Chibok girls’
abduction where over 200 girls were abducted and we are still struggling to get
some of them back, we should have had a better security arrangement around our
schools especially the girls’ schools,” he said.
Lawan explained that he was
satisfied with the attention given to the situation but wasn’t satisfied with
the security arrangement before the incident.
“As Muslim, we believe that God
destined that this thing will happen no matter what. But it is also important
that we take the words of the Lord and do the right thing and leave the rest to
God.
He commended President Muhammadu
Buhari for the prompt response to the incident, by asking the military to move
in and sending the high-powered delegation to the state governor, parents and
the affected community.
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