At least 939 students have been abducted from various secondary and tertiary institutions from December 2020 to May 2021, POLITICS NIGERIA can report. According to a security report reviewed by our correspondent, 420 students were abducted at various schools in December. While 333 students were abducted in Kankara in Katsina State, 84 students were abducted …
At least 939 students have been abducted from various secondary and tertiary institutions from December 2020 to May 2021, POLITICS NIGERIA can report. According to a security report reviewed by our correspondent, 420 students were abducted at various schools in December.
Just last month, a lawmaker from the president’s ruling All Progressives Congress , Smart Adeyemi, was moved to tears while contributing to a debate in the Senate on the dire security situation in the country. “There is a greater dependency on religion because the nation is desperate. When a nation is desperate, it turns to the supernatural.”
In 2018, President Buhari gave approval to the military to make weapons purchases worth $1 billion, former defence minister Mansur Dan Ali said then. The jets have not been delivered to Nigeria and the Nigerian army continues to blame inadequate weapons and personnel for its losses in the fight against insurgency.
While authorities in Katsina, Sokoto, and Zamfara states initiated direct negotiations with armed groups last year, many Nigerians kicked against this saying it would further embolden the criminals. In 2018, lawmakers said the release of some of the Chibok girls kidnapped in April 2014, involved payment of ransom.A security expert, Timothy Avele, in his reaction to the security situation in the country said there is lack of improvement because of non-coordination of security agents.
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