Amnesty International has condemned the abduction of many students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina state by armed bandits who attacked the school on Friday night.
The International Human Rights Watch called on the Nigerian government to rescue the students and also put in place measures to ensure that the right to education was fully protected, even in rural areas.
“We are calling on the Nigerian authorities to safely and immediately rescue the students, while putting in place measures to ensure that the right to education is fully protected, even in rural areas, which are prone to banditty attacks,” the group said on Saturday.
Amnesty International had previously documented how government failings had left rural communities at the mercy of gunmen.
The group said the abduction of several students in Kankara further exemplified government’s failure to protect school children in the country.
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What are we expecting? This bandits like others are carrying out this neverous activities expecting individuals and govt to come forward and negotiate with them for a ransom. How can a government succumbs to such blackmail.