Abubakar Alhassan, the headmaster of Salihu Tanko Islamic
School in Niger state, says 15 of the teachers abducted from the school have
escaped from captivity.
Alhassan spoke when Abubakar Bello, governor of the state,
met with parents of the abducted schoolchildren at the palace of Ahmed Gunna,
Emir of Kagara, on Monday.
Many students and teachers were abducted from the school
located in Tegina town in Rafi LGA of the state on May 30.
The bandits had demanded N110m ransom for the release of the 156 abducted schoolchildren.
Alhassan said the escaped teachers were in a military
facility in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna state, where they would be handed over to the
Niger government.
On his part, the governor advised parents of the abducted
students to exercise patience as the government was exploring all avenues to
ensure their safe rescue.
Bello, while addressing a special squad of combined security
personnel deployed to Rafi LGA, lamented the spate of kidnapping and insecurity
in the state.
According to a statement by Mary Noel-Berje, chief press
secretary to the governor, Bello said the time has come for his government to
take decisive action “once and for all” to end banditry in the state.
“We will give you all the necessary support to enable you to
implement all your security strategies to ensure the safe return of our
abducted children and others, if any,” the governor said.
“We have tried our possible best not to make them succeed in
forcing us to change our normal lives; they started by displacing farmers from
their farmlands, next they moved to burning farms.
“Then, they moved to kidnapping and forcing us to close our
schools, now they have started attacking Islamic schools, only God knows what
is next.”
The governor told the special squad that logistics had been
provided for them and also promised that their allowances and other financial
benefits would always be provided as and when due.
He also commended the security personnel for their efforts
in the ongoing fight against banditry and other criminal elements in the state.
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