ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi
The United Nations Children’s Fund has called on the Federal Government to immediately secure the release the of the 21 children recently abducted in Faskari local government area of Katsina State
This was contained in a press release made available to journalists in Bauchi on Friday, by the UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, Ms Cristian Munduate, who said that the report was worrisome.
Munduate who described abduction of children as “reprehensible” whether at home, at school or anywhere.
She said: “UNICEF is concerned about the report of the abduction of the 21 children at a farm in Mairuwa community, Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State, north-west Nigeria.
“Confirmed reports indicate the 21 children – 17 girls and 4 boys – aged between 15 and 18, were abducted last Sunday at about 12:30p.m. by ‘bandits.’
“Abduction of children whether at home, at school, on the farm, or anywhere else, is reprehensible.”
According to her, “Children should never be the target of violence, especially by anyone who should be protecting them.
“We call on the authorities to take necessary action to rescue the abducted children and reunite them with their families unhurt, and without delay.
“UNICEF also calls on the authorities to rescue other persons reported to have been kidnapped on the farm at the same time the children were abducted.”
She added that the “tragic” incident is yet an indication of the danger children face by acts perpetrated by people who should protect them.
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