The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has reacted to the continued abduction of school children in Nigeria by extremist groups and bandits.
While briefing newsmen on Tuesday at the UN headquarters in New York, spokesperson for Guterres, Stephane Dujarric said his principal condemned the abduction of some students of Bethel Baptist High School, Damishi, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
At least 140 students were abducted from the boarding school on Monday by unknown gunmen. This is just one of so many abductions in Kaduna State.
The UN correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) quoted Dujarric as saying that Guterres condemned the kidnapping of the students.
Dujarric said, “I can tell you that the Secretary-General strongly condemns the abduction of students from the Bethel Baptist School as well as hospital employees in two separate incidents in Kaduna State on July 5.
“The Secretary-General is disturbed by the frequency of “kidnapping for ransom” of predominantly children from schools by extremist groups and criminal networks.”
Guterres berates the effort of the government in bringing to book perpetrators of the devilish acts. He also challenged the government to enhance the safety and security of schools and educational facilities.
Meanwhile, Malam Nasir El-Rufai has vowed that the lives of two Nigerian Army and Navy personnel who paid the supreme price on Monday while defending students of Bethel Baptist High School, Kaduna will not go in vain.