Abduction of our children should never happen again, Atiku tells Buhari

FORMER Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has urged the Federal Government to come up with measures that will forestall abduction of school children in the country, especially the Northern part.

Atku said this while reacting to the release of 279 schoolgirls of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, Zamfara this morning.

 He said as a father, he was delighted at the release of the students and rejoiced with their families.

Atiku said he prayed that the remaining girls would be released soon.

“As a father, I am delighted at the release of 279 students of GGSS Jangebe. Even as I rejoice with the families of the released, I hope and pray that the balance of the girls would soon regain their freedom and be rejoined with their families and loved ones.

“No student, parent or indeed citizen should go through this ordeal again. I congratulate the Zamfara State government and all those who worked in synergy to secure the safe return of these girls,” he said.

While expressing confidence that the government would secure the release of the those remaining in the den of the abductors, Atiku said it behoves the Buhari administration not to allow recurrence of the incident.

“I am convinced that the government will secure the release of the rest of the victims.

“The bigger task is to ensure that these kinds of incidents do not happen again, and that is an objective that the federal government should take the lead,” he said.