…Demands Immediate Sack Of Service Chiefs
By Gina Bella
A peace advocacy group, Coalition for Peace and National Security (CPNS), has said the bandit attack and kidnapping of students from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in Katsina State, as a crime against humanity, prohibited under the international humanitarian.
Condemning the attack on innocent children which has led to the disappearance of 600 out of the 800 students of the school, the group described the attack as cowardly, callous and unacceptable.
A statement signed by its National Coordinator, Dr Mohammed Maigoro and National Secretary, Barr. Tunde Funsho on Saturday in Abuja, said the incident was a sad reminder of the terrorists’ attacks on Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok in Borno State on the night of April 14, 2014, where 276 girls writing West African Examination Council (WAEC), were abducted and another attack on February 19, 2018 at
Government Girls’ Science and Technical College, Dapchi in Yobe State, that left some students dead and others missing.
They urged security agencies to immediately swing into action not only to rescue the missing students, but also apprehend the perpetrators and ensure they face the consequences of their action.
While commiserating with parents of the missing school children and families of the incessant killings in the North, they regretted that the action of the bandits totally affects Nigeria’s effort towards enhancement of child education and development.
According to them, the attack on the school was a further confirmation the security situation in the country was not getting better, hence the need for President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately rejig the nation’s security architecture beginning with the sack of service chiefs.
The statement reads in part: “This latest development is a yet another confirmation that the country is porous without security and given this bad situation, we wish to without any hesitation join the clarion call on our dear President, Mohammadu Buhari,to immediately rejig the nation’s security architecture beginning with the sack of service chiefs who apart from overstaying in office, have become exhausted to face the increasingly worsening security situation of our country.
“There is no indication anywhere that they are capable of turning the tide against terrorists, insurgents, bandits and kidnappers any more,given the daily ugly security developments in the country.
“The president should at this moment be more concerned about the security of Nigerians who he swore an oath to protect by listening to the the increasing calls by well meaning Nigerians including the National Assembly that he changes the service chiefs and completely overhaul the security architecture for efficiency.
” We call on him to be more concerned about this than regime protection as everyone has embraced democracy with no one reasoning along that line anymore.
“Many people have been mauled down unjustly with unquantifiable number of public and private assets destroyed in the past few months and this development should be a thing of great concern to a president that swore a sacred oath to protect his people and the country.”
