Sad: Our Children Are Now Pawns in a Deadly Ransom Economy
It’s heartbreaking to report yet another bandit attack on a school, barely three weeks after over 40 schoolchildren and their teachers were abducted and are still languishing in the forest.
The security situation in Kogi State has taken another tragic turn with a brutal bandit attack on Government Secondary School, Iluke, in Kabba-Bunu LGA. Armed bandits disguised in military uniforms invaded the school during an ongoing WAEC examination, killed the Vice Principal, Mr. Gani Anifowose, and attempted a mass abduction of students.
Reports from the scene indicate that local security personnel and vigilantes actively resisted the attackers and frustrated their abduction attempt.
Making educational institutions soft targets is a direct assault on the nation’s future. It creates a psychological barrier to school enrolment and worsens Nigeria’s out-of-school children crisis, disproportionately forcing young girls out of formal education due to fear. There is nothing more heartbreaking for a nation than being unable to protect its children.
My heartfelt condolences go to the family of the Vice Principal, who lost his life while gallantly defending the children entrusted to his care. May God grant his soul eternal repose.-PO
🚨 "That’s why the decision was made yesterday afternoon, when he wasn’t able to go out and train, to undergo this PRP treatment.
"To explain it in simple terms: it’s an organic treatment that uses your own body. Basically, they inject components from your own blood back into the injured area to help reduce inflammation and relieve pain.
"They draw blood, then use a machine to separate the plasma from the rest of it. That plasma contains substances that help speed up the healing and regeneration process. That’s why this is encouraging news, it could really help the pain gradually disappear.”
Their priority is making sure that the pain in his ankle totally disappears.” @ESPNArgentina
Still can’t believe my wife made us pay our rent way ahead of time and stocked up the house with food, prepaid meter unlimited, just before we started wedding expenses 😂 😂