The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has appluaded the release of the Lea Primary and Government Secondary School Kuriga in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
Parallel Facts reported that on March 7, 2024, schoolchildren from LEA Primary School and Government Secondary School, Kuriga, were abducted by terrorists.
The abductors demanded N1bn for their release while giving a deadline of March 27, 2024, for the payment of the ransom.
On March 24, Kaduna State Government announced the release of the 287 schoolchildren abducted from Kuriga, Chikun Local Government Area, Kaduna State.
For Obi, who wrote on his X Space, ‘”the news of the children’s release is comforting.”
He urged the Federal Government to ensure that every Nigerian still held by kidnappers is also released.
He said, “It is comforting to hear that 287 school children abducted in Kaduna have been released. It is hard to imagine the mental pain and trauma the children must have gone through in the hands of their abductors.
“The report of their release is however reassuring to the nation and their parents. I thank the government , the security agencies, and all those who made immense efforts to see that our children are released from captivity and reunited with their families.
“Efforts should also be made, not just to release many of our people in the different kidnappers dens across the country, but to end the scourge of insecurity completely.
“We must ensure that every Nigerian is safe in Nigeria, by not giving terrorists any operating space in our nation. No Nigerian should ever be a captive or hostage anywhere in his fatherland.”
“I encourage every Nigerian, in the midst of these dark and fearful nights in our nation where danger seems to be lurking on every corner, to remain hopeful for the new dawn of a secure and safe nation – the New Nigeria which is POssible,” he added.
