A former Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar says the federal government must stop treating acts of criminality with kid gloves as darkness awaits the country if nothing is done to put an end to incessant attacks on schools.
Mr Abubakar was reacting to abductions in schools in northern Nigeria, with the most recent being the abduction of students of the Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi, Benue State, on Sunday night.
The 2019 presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) said this in a statement titled: Darkness awaits us if we do not end the attacks on our citadels of learning.
In the statement signed by Mr Abubakar, he noted that such abductions must not be allowed to become Nigeria’s new normal.
Mr Abubakar said: “The abduction of yet an unspecific number of undergraduates of the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue State, is one abduction too many. It marks both an unacceptable escalation and an expansion of this menace, and we must not only ensure that the abducted youths are rescued, but even more importantly, we must put in measures to prevent future reoccurrence.
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