Senator Ali Ndume urged the federal government to intensify security operations after terrorists abducted 42 NECO candidates in Borno.
- +Ndume To FG: Be Proactive In Your Crusade Against Insurgency And Banditry
A member of the National Assembly, Senator Ali Ndume, has renewed his call on the federal government to be proactive in its crusade against insurgency and banditry.
A member of the National Assembly, Senator Ali Ndume, has renewed his call on the federal government to be proactive in its crusade against insurgency and banditry.
The ranking senator’s call is coming in the wake of Monday’s abduction by terrorists of students sitting for the ongoing National Examinations Council (NECO) examinations in Lassa, Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State.
According to reports, the terrorists, who stormed the school disguised as members of the military and the newly created Forest Guard security outfit, shot sporadically before abducting about 42 students and women selling food items within the school premises.
Ndume, who represents Borno South Senatorial District, where the school is located, in the National Assembly, in his reaction to the abduction, stressed that the Federal Government, in collaboration with the subnationals, needs to do more to convince Nigerians that they are up and doing as regards the emergency on security.
His words: “This fresh abduction is disconcerting, coming at a time when we don’t know the fate of children of Mussa who were kidnapped last month.
“I want to appeal to security forces to redouble their efforts and ensure the safe return of the 42 students of Mussa Primary and Junior Secondary School, those kidnapped in Ngoshe; those abducted along Buratai-Biu Road and those abducted today.
“The way to disabuse the minds of Nigerians that the terrorists are overwhelming the government and security personnel is to take the battle to their hideouts and reassure Nigerians that they can conveniently sleep with their two eyes closed.”
Ndume, who hailed the efforts of the security agencies on the ground that pursued and secured the release of some of the victims for their prompt intervention in confronting the bandits, called for more synergy among all security agencies to nip further attacks in the bud.
