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Zamfara school abduction: My govt. will not succumb to blackmail

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February 27, 2021
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President Muhammadu Buhari has described the latest abduction of over 300  students of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in Zamfara, as inhumane and totally unacceptable.

Buhari on Zamfara school abduction

President Buhari

The president, who stated this in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Friday, warned bandits and their sponsors that his government would not succumb to blackmail.

While reacting to the incident, President Buhari said:

“This administration will not succumb to blackmail by bandits who target innocent school students in the expectations of huge ransom payments.

”No criminal group can be too strong to be defeated by the government.

”The only thing standing between our security forces and the bandits are the rules of engagement.

“We have the capacity to deploy massive force against the bandits in the villages where they operate, but our limitation is the fear of heavy casualties of innocent villagers and hostages who might be used as human shields by the bandits.”

According to him, the primary objective is to get the hostages safe, alive and unharmed.

Buhari noted that “a hostage crisis is a complex situation that requires maximum patience in order to protect the victims from physical harm or even brutal death at the hands of their captors”.

He warned the bandits: “Let them not entertain any illusions that they are more powerful than the government.

”They shouldn’t mistake our restraint for the humanitarian goals of protecting innocent lives as a weakness or a sign of fear or irresolution.”

He advised state governments to review their policy of rewarding bandits with money and vehicles, warning that ”the policy might boomerang disastrously”.

He also urged states and local governments to be more proactive by improving security around schools and their surroundings.

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