The parents of some of the 285 students abducted by bandits on Thursday from the LEA Primary and Junior Secondary School, Kuriga, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, have cried out for help.
In separate interviews with Daily Trust at the weekend, the distraught parents appealed to the federal government and the Kaduna State government to assist in securing the release of their children.
Fati Kuriga, mother of one of the abductees, Suleiman, called on Governor Uba Sani to do all within his powers to fast track the safe return of her son and all the other abductees.
“My name is Fatima, I am the mother of Suleiman who was kidnapped in school. We are begging the Kaduna State governor to help us. While I was sitting at home on Thursday after my son went to school, I heard sounds of gunshots and when I came out, I was told it was bandits who came and kidnapped our children.
“We are appealing to the Kaduna State government to help us. We are running out of food and in a terrible condition. Our husbands don’t sleep at night because they are on patrol of our community against bandits’ attacks. Now, our abducted children are in a pathetic situation in the bush without food and water coupled with the hot weather.
“Even the boy that escaped, we saw how terrified he was when he came. He told us that in the daytime, they (the bandits) would throw them into a hole in the forest. We don’t have presence of security operatives in Kuriga. I heard what the governor said when he came; we pray that he will keep to his words.
