BEVERLY HILLS, June 02, (THEWILL) – The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has declared June 12 as the day for a national protest over the growing insecurity in the country, especially the incessant kidnapping of students.
The NANS National President, Sunday Asefon, said the country had nothing to celebrate to mark June 12 Democracy Day when students were being killed and kidnapped by bandits.
Asefon, who spoke with newsmen in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, said it was sad that insecurity had reached a frightening peak, where students could no longer go to school with the guarantee that they would return home safely.
The NANS leader said barely 24 hours after students of Greenfield University in Kaduna were released by their abductors, another 156 students of Islamiyya school were kidnapped in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, in a shocking and bizarre fashion.
He said the seemingly incessant and incurable kidnapping of students in the North-West and North-Central called for an immediate and radical move to halt the gradual slide of the country into anarchy, advising governments in the zones to close down schools.
Sequel to the high level of insecurity, Asefon declared June 11 and 12 as national days of prayers, for the leadership and security apparatuses to be able to win the war against banditry, killing and kidnapping across the nation.
He added that the students’ body will soon convene a national security summit, where stakeholders would discuss and proffer workable and innovative ideas towards ensuring maximum security around schools in the country.
Asefon, who stated that while NANS regretted that the situation could degenerate to this abysmal point to warrant the demand, said he was left with no practical alternative than to ask for the closure of schools.
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