By Valentine Amanze, Online Editor
Nigeria’s Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has joined other Nigerians in condemning the abduction of 317 schoolgirls of the Government Secondary School, Jangebe, Zamfara State by armed bandits on Friday.
The Senate president, in a statement issued by his media aide, Ola Awoniyi, lamented that
the incident happened while efforts were still being made to rescue those abducted just over a week ago at another secondary school in Kagara, Niger State.
He said that the recurrent attacks on schools and other acts of banditry require intense soul searching on how the nation arrived at this sorry pass and how to cage the monster of violent crimes in Nigeria.
Lawan, also, expressed his sympathy for the abducted schoolgirls and urged the authorities at all levels to work together to ensure their immediate rescue.
The Senate president however reiterated his call on the state authorities to accord priority to securing schools and other locations now seen as soft targets by the criminals.