The Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar the Third, has said Boko Haram insurgents have eventually transmuted themselves into armed bandits and kidnappers, with the aim of overrunning the country under their unholy agenda.
The Sultan charged the Federal Government to live up to its responsibility of securing the lives of all Nigerians from the new wave of attacks.
A statement by the JNI Secretary General, Dr. Khalid Abubakar Aliyu, on Friday, said the Sultan of Sokoto is in utter disbelief and astonishment that students could be abducted from school, despite the not too long ago Kankara episode, and just a few days after the kidnap of passengers on board the Niger State Transport Authority (NSTA) bus in the same Niger State.
He described the development as absolutely incredible, despicable and condemnable.
He asserted that ordinarily, the school abduction should have been averted if there were adequate security surveillance and alertness around boarding schools, expressing worries that those unfortunate trends are becoming the new normal.
He wondered whether those leaders are really conscious of the repercussions of those bloodletting and other criminalities, describing the Kagara abduction as one tragedy too many to bear.
He added that government seems not to have learnt adequate lessons from the Chibok, Dapchi and Kankara debacles, and called on government to rise to the challenges of insecurity in Nigeria.
The Sultan commiserated with families of the killed student of Government Science College in Kagara and prayed for a safe reunion of all victims of the kidnapping and abductions to their respective families and pray for God’s continuous guidance and strength to all those on the battlefields against all forms of lawlessness and brigandage in Nigeria.
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