Nigerian Senate Leader, Senator Ahmed Lawan While speaking to newsmen on
Thursday, after a visit to Governor Ibrahim Gaidam
in Damaturu, charged the nation’s security agencies to do more to secure
schools because Boko Haram insurgents have found the abduction female
pupils to be a goldmine.
The lawmaker who disclosed that the recent kidnap of the Dapchi
pupils in Yobe state is a big lesson to those in government, said the
National Assembly has asked the Federal Government to ensure that all
necessary measures are taken to ensure that the girls returned to their
parents and the case of abduction became history in the country.
According to DailyPost, he said: “We
will continue to push and monitor the development as they go especially
those of us from this state will have interest to know that there is no
hindrance or delay in chasing the insurgents to recover the girls and
brought to their families and eventually to their schools.
“After the Chibok girls’ abduction where over 200 girls were
abducted and we are still struggling to get some of them back, we should
have had a better security arrangement around our schools especially
the girls’ schools,” he said.
Lawan explained that he was satisfied with the attention given to
the situation but wasn’t satisfied with the security arrangement before
the incident.
“As Muslim, we believe that God destined that this thing will
happen no matter what. But it is also important that we take the words
of the Lord and do the right thing and leave the rest to God.”
He commended President Muhammadu Buhari for the prompt response to
the incident, by asking the military to move in and sending the
high-powered delegation to the state governor, parents and the affected
community.