By Luminous Jannamike
ABUJA — The Nationwide Affiliation of Nigerian College students (NANS) has given the Federal Authorities a 14-day ultimatum to rescue kidnapped college students and current a transparent plan to safe faculties, warning that failure to behave will set off nationwide civil disobedience.
The ultimatum follows contemporary assaults on faculties in Kebbi and Niger states, the place dozens of scholars had been kidnapped in separate raids.
Talking at a press briefing in Abuja, NANS Nationwide President, Comrade Olushola Oladoja, stated the scholar physique was “talking with a heavy coronary heart” over the worsening assaults on training.
“These repeated assaults on training will not be solely barbaric, they’re a direct strike on the soul of our nation’s future,” he stated.
Oladoja condemned the Kebbi assault, which occurred shortly after navy personnel reportedly withdrew from the realm, describing the timing as suspicious and indicative of attainable inner compromise.
“This incident occurred barely minutes after navy personnel reportedly left, elevating critical questions on coordination and inner sabotage,” NANS stated.
He lamented that the newest abductions add to a decade-long listing of tragedies, from Chibok to Dapchi to Afaka, highlighting a elementary failure in Nigeria’s safety structure.
“For greater than a decade, Nigeria has repeated this cycle of grief; with out justice, decisive reforms, or assurance that college students are protected of their school rooms,” Oladoja acknowledged.
NANS additionally known as for a evaluate of the nation’s safety management, urging President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to guage the performances of the Inspector-Normal of Police and the NSCDC Commandant-Normal, particularly in mild of perceived lapses previous assaults.
The coed physique demanded the rapid institution of a high-level investigative panel to probe potential sabotage, safety failures, and repeated withdrawals of safety personnel simply earlier than assaults.
“All kidnapped college students have to be rescued inside 14 days. Failure to behave will end in nationwide shutdowns,” Oladoja warned.
“The period of silence and tolerance is over. We demand justice. College students’ lives matter, and this nation should act accordingly,” he added.
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