Kebbi School Abduction: Can We Ever Win This War? — Senator Francis Frowns at Escalating Kidnappings in Nigeria Nigeria
By Fatima Saka
The Senate on Tuesday intensified calls for urgent and decisive action against escalating insecurity following the abduction of at least 25 female students of Government Girls Comprehensive Senior Secondary School (GGCSS), Maga, in Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State.
Contributing to the motion moved by Senator Yahaya Adamu Abdullahi, Senator Fadahunsi Adenigba Francis, representing Osun East, delivered a stark warning over what he described as a worsening culture of kidnapping and criminality engulfing the country.
“Mr. President, while I support my colleagues and I wish to see these children released on time, the military must go in and do their work,” he said. “It seems as if this kidnapping, crime and criminality is becoming part and parcel of our culture. We don’t even care again about ourselves and about our children.”
Senator Fadahunsi lamented that despite increased federal funding for the armed forces, insecurity continues to spiral.
“The more Mr. President struggles to finance the military, the more these kidnappings continue,” he stated. “The military don’t seem to be at the top of the war. Today, we are at war, and almost under military rule everywhere you see them.”
He questioned the effectiveness of Nigeria’s current security strategy, stressing the need for accountability and measurable performance benchmarks for security agencies.
“We have to ask the security agents a question: can we ever win this war? Can they? Let us ask them whether they can win this war,” he said. “Let us give them targets and deadlines to clear these people out of our midst.”
The senator also expressed concern that criminal groups appear emboldened, expanding their operations while communities remain vulnerable. “The more crime you have, the more they thrive,” he added, calling for a national stand against impunity and the abduction of schoolchildren.
The Senate is expected to deliberate further on measures to strengthen security responses as Nigerians continue to grapple with recurring mass abductions and violent attacks across several states.
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