The Northern States chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, (CAN) has expressed deep concerns and worries over the missing school girls in Dapchi, Yobe State who were suspectedly abducted by Boko Haram insurgents last week.
Spokesman of the 19 Northern States CAN, Rev. John Joseph Hayab, while speaking with news men in Kaduna, charged security operatives in the country to ensure the kidnapped girls are released and their kidnappers brought to book.
He emphasized on the need for results to be visible as the government continues to spend more money on tackling insurgency.
“CAN is deeply concerned with this development when we have not yet gotten back all the Chibok girls, and now another 105 school girls have been kidnapped,” said CAN.
“And sadly, though the Yobe State government have apologised for its first denial, but that denial made Nigerians more confused because it shows we cannot be truthful when fellow Nigerians are affected.”
The girls must not stay long like the previous ones before they are released.”
“The girls must be brought back alive. The young girls are Nigerians, they need the protection of the Nigerian government. These girls can be anybody daughters.”
“CAN is saying, the Nigeria security agencies must not play the propaganda game any more. They should go after the criminals that have abducted these girls. The security should take serious action and stop making noise and confusing people.
“This particular abduction is a challenge to government to prove to Nigerians that the huge spending on security is not been drained, because when we hear and read stories that billion of dollars is expended for security and we still have issues like this, then it tells us that there is a serious problem in the country.
“As a Christian body, we have every moral responsibility to shout on behalf of the girls and their parents.
“We are appealing to the kidnappers to release the innocent girls who have not wronged them in any way.”
“We are praying for the government to do what is right this time to get the girls rescued from the hands of the criminals,” they said.