THE raft of school abductions in Nasarawa, Borno and Oyo states within days in May attests to the resolve of the insurgents to kill education in Nigeria.
These attacks in Borno, the first to witness a school attack in Nigeria in 2014, and the latest incident in Oriire LGA in Oyo, South-West, are indications of strategic and coordinated efforts to achieve the 17-year-old plan of Boko Haram to destroy education in Nigeria.
By their persistence, the insurgents have demonstrated that they possess superior resolve, strategy and firepower than the government. This is troubling. The government must tackle this scary trend.
On 6 May, gunmen abducted six students of the Faculty of Engineering, Gudi Campus of Nasarawa State University, from their lodge at Angwar Nizo in Gudi, on the outskirts of the community.
Ten days later, 42 pupils were kidnapped in the morning hours by Boko Haram terrorists who raided Mussa Primary and Junior Secondary School in Askira/Uba LGA, Borno.
