Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has advised Nigerians to bear in mind that kidnapping of school children is not peculiar to Nigeria.

Mohammed said it also happens in developed countries including the United States of America and other Western countries.

He bared his mind while speaking on Channels Television’s ‘News Night on Monday night.

He added that one of the ways to curb the menace is through intelligence gathering and surveillance rather than use the physical presence of government security agents.

He said the Federal Government will not pay ransom to secure the of the kidnapped staff and students of the Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State.

According to him, “Even in the most developed countries of this world, school kidnapping takes place. Last year, in the US, we all witnessed three or four school kidnappings and that is probably one of the most developed countries in the world.

“The thing about terrorism is that the terrorists don’t live by your own rules and they are especially interested in soft targets. They know that what is going to get global attention is kidnapping school children.

“We must be careful; we can’t turn all our schools into barracks, What is important is intelligence gathering, surveillance rather than physical presence of the soldiers or policemen.

“We are dealing with people who don’t think like me and you, we are dealing with people who don’t have any rules of engagement, we are dealing with people whose motivation is completely different from mine and yours.

“And anywhere in the world, this is how terrorists operate but the most important thing is to learn from what is happening and adapt.”

Read also:

Armed Bandits Storm Government Science College Niger State, Kidnap Many

#KagaraStudents