The Senator representing Kaduna Central in the National Assembly, Sen. Lawal Adamu Usman has expressed shock over Thursday abduction of primary school pupils and students in Chikun local government area.
In a statement personally signed, Sen Usman noted with sad that in the last few weeks of the year 2024, Kaduna Central Senatorial Zone had witnessed escalation of tensions as result of Terrorists attacks, killings and abductions in several communities in Kajuru, Chikun, Birnin-Gwari, Giwa and Igabi Local governments.
“Today, I am saddened and in a stage of rude shock on the abduction of pupils of primary school and Students of Secondary School at Kuriga, Chikun Local government area along the dreaded Birnin-Gwari-Kaduna highway.
‘The spate of gruesome attacks and abductions in recent days has demoralized the citizens and further put them in a traumatic condition without any insight of a sign of releaf.
“As a Senator representing the area, I extend my deepest sympathy to all the parents and families of the pupils and Students abducted at Kuriga and all those that loss their precious Lives.
“Although our security forces are working assiduously to bring our children back safely, I urged governments at all levels and our security forces to be more proactive, rather than reactive in dealing decisively with miscreants terrorizing our communities.
“Despite all the efforts and successes recorded by the security forces to curtail attacks by terrorists there is the need to take the fight to the door step of the terrorist enclave”, he concludes.
