As a
result of the recent kidnapping of three female pupils and five staff members,
including a Turkish national, by unknown gunmen in the Nigerian Tulip
International Colleges (formerly known as Turkish International School), last
Friday, parents and school owners are seeking emergency meeting with President
Muhammadu Buhari over the increasing state of insecurity in the nation’s
schools.
Parents
and teachers who spoke through the National Parent-Teacher Association of
Nigeria, the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools among
others, said an urgent meeting was necessary to stem the tide of an evil wind
blowing in schools across the country to prevent it from becoming epidemic.
NTIC’s
spokesperson, Cemal Yigit, had said in a statement last Saturday that at about
9.30pm, some armed men gained entrance to the girls’ section of the school
through different means and held hostage three female supervisors, a female
cook, a female teacher (Turkish) and three students.
On
Monday, the abductors had demanded a N1.2bn ransom for the release of the
abductees and later reduced it to N750m.
Representatives
of school owners and parents, who spoke to Punch, expressed anger and
concern about the development, noting that they were seeking an audience with
the President, especially as the abducted victims have yet to regain freedom.
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