Still on the kidnapped Jangebe girls,
Popular Islamic cleric and now-famed-mediator between the government and bandits; Sheik Ahmed Gumi, has said that the gunmen who kidnapped the Jangebe school girls are different from the ones he is in talks with.
He made this known while speaking to the media yesterday, adding that’s the kidnappers are a different faction from the ones he was currently negotiating with.
When ask if he will foster negotiations with this group too, he replied, “maybe.”
Also Reacting to the kidnap of the school girls, the Inspector General of Police, Adamu Mohammed, has urged Nigerians to be calm amid the unrest that followed the abduction.
In a statement release, he noted that a coordinated search and rescue operation; involving the deployment of both ground and aerial assets had begun with a view to rescuing the girls,
He also ordered the immediate deployment of two (2) operational surveillance helicopters to Zamfara State, in addition to the personnel of Operation Puff Adder II earlier deployed to the State to support efforts by the Command to combat banditry, kidnapping and other related crimes.
The IGP, while condemning the barbaric and callous abduction of the innocent female students, has assured that the Police and other security forces will not relent until the abducted students are successfully rescued and reunited with their families, adding that a joint rescue operation is being carried out by the Police, the Military and other members of the law enforcement community with support from the State Government and other Stakeholders.
