The House of Representatives on Tuesday set up an ad
hoc committee to visit Dapchi in Yobe to assess the issues surrounding recent
abduction of 105 girls from a school in the community.
The House also urged the Federal Government to guard against further
abduction and insecurity in the North-East.
This was sequel to a motion under Matters of Urgent National Importance
moved by Rep. Goni Lawan (Yobe-APC).
Moving the motion, Lawan noted that in 2014, 58 male students of College
of Agriculture, Buni Yadi in Yobe state were mowed down in cold blood in their
sleep.
He said that at various times in Yobe, abduction of school children,
many of which were not reported, had been carried out by the insurgents.
“At those times, the attack often resulted in destruction of lives of
innocent citizens of which their greatest offence was to have education.
“These unfortunate incidents had since been going on not only in Yobe,
but in various parts of the North-East, especially Borno and Adamawa, without
any proactive measures in place to forestall further occurrences,” he said.
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