Abducted 136 Children Of Tegina School Will Soon Be Released – Niger CP

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(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Niger State Commissioner of Police, CP Monday Bala Kuryas, has stated that the 136 abducted Tanko Salihu Islamiyya school children Tegina, Rafi local government will soon be released.

This development is coming barely two days after the Niger State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, gave the government one week ultimatum to make sure the kids are released or risk journalistic emergency by the media on the issue.

Kuryas disclosed this in Mariga local government area during a tour of duty to tactical teams and special formations across security affected areas in the state, adding that aid measures have been adopted to rescue the kids unharmed.

He stated that intelligence is on, even as the Police is doing its best to locate where the children are held hostage in order to rescue them.

“The children will be released very soon. Intelligence is everywhere, we are doing our best in trying to locate where these children are and by the grace of God, I can assure you that efforts are being put in place, both by the state government and the security agencies to see the release of these children.”

Expressing satisfaction over the security architecture of the state, he highlighted that the state government as well as his predecessor had done a lot in their efforts to bring terrorism, banditry and other criminal activities to an end.

“I have checked the security architecture of the state and I intend to improve upon what my predecessor had done. The state has done a lot to see that these violent crimes are reduced to the barest minimum.

“That is why I have embarked on this tour of duty to check my tactical team and to know the terrain of the state,” the commissioner observed.