Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has declared that the abduction of students also happens in other developed countries, he also added that the United States also experience school abduction.
Mohammed made this clear on Monday rob newsmen.
He also said that the government would not donate any form of ransom to aid the release of the captivated students and members of staff of Government Science College in Kagara, Niger State. He disclosed that the government was employing kinetic and non-kinetic means to ensure the freedom of the abductees.
Mohammed disclosed in a speech that, “Even in the most developed countries of this world, school kidnapping takes place. Last year, in the US, we all witnessed three of four school kidnappings, and that is in 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 the physical presence of the soldiers or policemen.
