The United Nations Children Emergency Fund, UNICEF has described as brutal, the attack on government science secondary school Katsina and calls for the immediate and unconditional release of all abducted children to their families.
In a statement released on Sunday, December 13, by Joe English, UNICEF New York, and Sandra Bisin, UNICEF West and Central Africa regional office, the U.N agency expressed deep concerns about what it calls ‘acts of violence.
UNICEF said the attacks on schools are a violation of children’s rights and the Kankara incident is a grim reminder that abductions of children and widespread grave violations of children’s rights continue to take place in northern Nigeria.
The U.N agency said children should feel safe at home, in schools, and in their playgrounds at all times declaring that UNICEF stands with the families of the missing children and the community affected by the horrifying event.
While acknowledging the efforts by the government of Nigeria in undertaking all efforts for the safe return of the missing children, it demands safe return of all missing children.
On Friday, armed men attacked the Government Science Secondary School in Kankara, Katsina State, Northwest Nigeria.
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According to unconfirmed reports, hundreds of students are still unaccounted for.
( Editor: Omor Bazuaye)
