Disturbed by the increasing rate of kidnappings, especially students in the country, a group under the aegis of Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria, MMWG, has charged President Bola Tinubu to increase the numerical strength of the Police Force and other security agencies in order to curb the menace.
Reacting to the release of 137 out of 287 kidnapped students of Kuriga Government Secondary School in Chikum Local Government of Kaduna State, the group warned on the dangers inherent in the delay of recruitment and training of more policemen as well as more personnel for other security agencies in Nigeria; pointing out that the nation is bigger than the current low figure of security personnel serving it.
This is even as the MMWG in a statement jointly signed by its National Coordinator, Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi and the National Secretary, Nasir Balogun, also blamed the nation’s security challenges on improper postings citing deployment of large number of security personnel to political office-holders which obviously deny some essential services of necessary security watch.
It affirmed that “with the renewed waves of kidnapping in Nigeria, it is difficult to maintain such wrong postings without backlash, advocating for posting of police and National Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC personnel to all schools in the country whether the schools run boarding or not.”
“Both the Nigeria Police and NSCDC leadership must now take responsibility for any security breach in this country; as it is their duty to protect citizens of this Country and their property,” MMWG added.
It, however, commended Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State “for his leadership qualities which made it possible for the Nigerian Army to succeed in securing the release of 137 out of 287 kidnapped students” as well as the National Security Adviser, Malam Nuhu Ribadu “for his wonderful roles on this matter as well as the Nigerian Army for their efforts so far.”
