Seven out of the 317 schoolgirls abducted from the Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in Talata Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State have escaped from their kidnappers’ den.
TNG reports the 7 seven schoolgirls escaped and arrived home safely on Friday evening. The Government Girls Secondary School kidnappings happened less than 10 days after a similar incident at Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State.
A resident in Kawaye village, who identified himself as Sadi Kawaye said that his daughters, Mansura and Sakina were among those abducted from the Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe.
A source who did not disclose his name narrated to Channels TV how the 7 schoolgirls maneuvered their way to escape from the kidnappers’ den.
Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari has described the abduction of the Government Girls Secondary School girls from Jangebe in Zamfara State as inhumane and totally unacceptable, sending out a strong warning to bandits and their sponsors.
“This administration will not succumb to blackmail by bandits who target innocent school students in the expectations of huge ransom payments,” President Buhari said.
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“no criminal group can be too strong to be defeated by the government. The only thing standing between our security forces and the bandits are the rules of engagement.”
“We have the capacity to deploy massive force against the bandits in the villages where they operate, but our limitation is the fear of heavy casualties of innocent villagers and hostages who might be used as human shields by the bandits,” he said, stressing that “our primary objective is to get the hostages safe, alive and unharmed.”
The President also noted that a hostage crisis is a complex situation, and said that patience is required in order to protect the lives of the captives.
“Let them not entertain any illusions that they are more powerful than the government. They shouldn’t mistake our restraint for the humanitarian goals of protecting innocent lives as a weakness or a sign of fear or resolution,” the president added.
The President appealed to state governments to review their policy of rewarding bandits with money and vehicles, warning that the policy might boomerang disastrously.
He also advised states and local governments to be more proactive by improving security around schools and their surroundings.
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