By Dayo Omoogun
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on the security agencies to show more commitment to their mandate
“by more robustly going after criminals and denying them the space to perpetrate crime.”
In the statement signed Tuesday by the Chairman, APC Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Mai Mala Buni, the party expressed solidarity with the families of the students concerned, describing it as “a particularly sad and difficult moment not just for the families of the student victims and the government and people of Katsina State but for the entire country.”
“Our thoughts and prayers are therefore with the victims and their families as well as the government and people of Katsina State.
“These abductions bring to mind the sad incidents in Chibok and Dapchi in Borno and Yobe States respectively a few years ago where students undergoing their studies and working hard to become tomorrow’s leaders were abducted by insurgents and made to go through appallingly harrowing experiences”, Buni recalled.
“There is no greater harm that insecurity can do to a nation than to destroy its education and the future of its youths”, he added.
“The APC believes that the security agencies have the will, commitment, and training to restore public confidence in their ability to secure the lives and property of Nigerians. They should therefore demonstrate this commitment by more robustly going after criminals and denying them the space to perpetrate crime.
He called on Nigerians to support the federal government and the security agencies to achieve the much-desired security of lives and property.
“The APC calls on Nigerians to continue to partner with the federal government and the security agencies so that together we can restore peace and sanity in our streets, on our roads, and all across the nooks and crannies of the country.