The Senator representing Kaduna Central Sen. Lawal Adamu Usman has described the abduction of over (100) primary school pupils in Kuriga, Chikun local government area of Kaduna State as shocking.
The Senator who stated this in a statement insisted that in the last few weeks of the years 2024, Kaduna Central Senatorial Zone had witnessed an escalation of tensions as result of Terrorists attacks, killings, and abductions in several communities in Kajuru, Chikun, Birnin-Gwari, Giwa and Igabi Local governments.
He described the reoccurrence of armed bandit attacks in various parts of Kaduna Central as demoralizing.
‘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’.