The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has demanded the release of university and secondary school students abducted in different parts of the country, especially in Kaduna and Zamfara states.
Recall that two female Microbiology students of Federal University, Gusau, Zamfara, and another 10 female secondary school students of Kachia LGA in Kaduna State have been in captivity.
The Deputy Coordinator, Inter-Campus Affairs of NANS Zone A, Vanessa Kwere made the appeal in a statement issued to NAN in Birnin Kebbi on Saturday.
Kwere issued the statement after NANS delegation met with the management of the university shortly after the union’s Zonal Convention held in Jigawa recently.
According to him, the call became imperative in view of the fact that the abducted students were under the care of government, hence they remained the property of government.
“We were notified of the sad news regarding the abduction of two 200 level female students of Microbiology Department, Federal University, Gusau.
“It is indeed a really heart touching incident, we had to stop by to pay a solidarity visit, to also sympathise with the institution on this incident.
“We urge the students to remain calm and keep praying for the safe return of their friends and sisters.”
In a related development, the union expressed deep concern over the abduction of about 10 female students of Kachia LGA in Kaduna State, who according to preliminary report, were students of Government Secondary School, Awon.
“It is very disheartening to learn about this incident, despite still in worry of the two 200 level female students of Microbiology Department, FUGUS, abducted at their Hall of residence.
“We are in constant turmoil because of this reoccurring incidents, our governing bodies have failed to protect us from such menace, students no longer feel safe in their institutions or anywhere at all.
“Predicaments like this are what discourages and interferes with the educational process of Nigerian students, looking at most of this cases, victims always turn out to be females, we’re fragile beings who are abducted, tortured and explored.
“We students’ representatives demand a serious and immediate intervention from the Federal Government and all relevant security bodies, it is our right to feel safe wherever we are,” he pleaded.
