Buhari Orders Security Agents to Go after Abductors of Niger School Boys

 

 

President Muhammadu Buhari said he received reports of the brazen attack on Government Science College, Kagara, Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, following which a yet to be ascertained number of staff and students have been abducted by gunmen.

Following these reports, the President directed the Armed Forces and Police, to ensure immediate and safe return of all the captives. 

The President in a statement by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, said he had also dispatched to Minna, Niger State a team of security chiefs to coordinate the rescue operation and meet with state officials, community leaders, as well as parents and staff of the College.

"President Buhari has assured of the support of his administration to the Armed Forces in their brave struggle against terrorism and banditry and urged them to do all that can be done to bring an end to this saga, and avoid such cowardly attacks on schools in the future," the statement read in part. 

“Our prayers are with families of the victims of this attack,” said the President.