The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the attack on the Government Girls Comprehensive Senior Secondary School (GGCSS), Maga, in Danko Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State, where bandits killed the Vice Principal, Hassan Yakubu Makuku, and abducted 25 students.
In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Ini Ememobong, the party said that the tragic incident further highlighted the alarming rise in insecurity that has become the reality of majority of Nigerians under the administration of President Ahmed Tinubu.
“This tragic incident further highlights the alarming rise in insecurity that has become the lived reality of majority of Nigerians under the Tinubu-led APC administration- which has consistently preferred the politicization of governance over the protection of citizens.
“When a government fails in its primary duty of safeguarding lives and property, it must accept responsibility and deal decisively with the issues, rather than act aloof or attempt to deflect from the core issues, as this administration has repeatedly done,” the party said.
The party condoled the parents of the abducted students, the family of the slain Vice Principal, as well as the staff, students, and management of the affected school, and the government of Kebbi State.
“Apart from this highly dusturbing Maga School incident, other abductions have taken place in Nasarawa, Plateau, Kano and Katsina in recent times and this is clearly not the hope (renewed and ‘unrenewed’) promised Nigerians,” PDP said.
It implored President Tinubu to devote urgent and sufficient attention to securing the lives and property of Nigerians.
Also faulting the abduction of 25 schoolgirls from Government Girls’ Comprehensive Senior Secondary School, Maga in Kebbi State, thr Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen,urged security agencies to act swiftly to rescue the students.
He emphasized that schools should be among the safest places in the country, stressing the need for a coordinated and rapid response from the Nigerian Armed Forces and other security agencies to secure the safe return of the abducted girls and apprehend those responsible.
He extended his sympathies to the families of the victims and reaffirmed the House of Representatives’ commitment to supporting government efforts to strengthen security in schools and protect young Nigerians.
“This trend of attacks must be urgently contained to protect our children and safeguard the future of our nation,” the Speaker said, urging immediate action to prevent similar incidents in the future.
