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Darkness awaits us if attacks on schools continue, says Atiku

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April 27, 2021
Darkness awaits us if attacks on schools continue, says Atiku
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Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has called for an end to the attacks on schools in Nigeria to prevent the country from plunging into “darkness.”

Atiku made the call in reaction to the abduction of an unspecified number of undergraduates of the Federal University of Agriculture in Benue State.

The abduction followed the killing of five students of Greenfield University, Kaduna by bandits who abducted them from their school.

The incidents occurred just a few months after Katsina, Niger, and Zamfara states experienced the abduction of secondary school students by bandits.

In a statement titled, ‘Darkness Awaits Us If We Do Not End The Attacks on Our Citadels of Learning,’ Atiku renewed his call for a state of emergency to be declared in the education sector and for 24 hour armed guards to be posted at all schools in the affected states.

He said, “The abduction of yet an unspecified 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 reoccurrences.

“This must not be allowed to become our new normal. It is time for us as a nation to face the reality that we have an emergency on our hands. A catastrophe that must be decisively dealt with before it snowballs into an existential crisis.

“We must stop treating these acts of criminality with kid gloves. Enough is enough! There must be the safety of lives and property in our citadels of learning.

“Without it, there would be a loss of confidence in the sector, which will result in low enrolment rates in a country that is already the world headquarters for out-of-school children.

“This is all the more reason why I have maintained in the past that impunity must give way to punitive measures. When criminals profit from their criminality, crime will increase.

“The only response from all governments in Nigeria to acts of abduction, kidnapping, and unlawful detention of persons ought to be to bring the full weight of the law on the perpetrators of these heinous crimes.

“Once these criminals have clarity on what awaits them should they toe such evils paths, then their audacity to commit evil will be weakened, and gradually, this ugly chapter in our national life will become a thing of the past.

“I renew the call I made on Monday, March 15, 2021, for a state of emergency to be declared in the education sector and for 24 hour armed guards to be posted at all schools in the affected states.

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