Just In : Senate summons service chiefs, IGP over kidnap of students
The Senate has summoned the security chiefs to a closed session, to address the spate of kidnapping in tertiary institutions across the country.
This followed a motion by Senator Abdulazeez Musa Yar’Adua (APC, Katsina Central) on the kidnap of five female students of Federal University Dutsin-Ma (FUDMA), Katsina State, on Wednesday, October 4, 2003, and the rising cases of kidnapping for ransom in the North West geo-political zone.
The Senate urged the federal, state and local governments to tackle the issue of poverty, which is purportedly the precursor to all social vices.
The October 4 attack happened 12 days after bandits, in their large numbers, forced their way into three hostels of the Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State, and abducted 24 students. Sixteen of the students were freed after three days by security agencies.
