Kagara: Buhari Has Abandoned Us – Gov Bello

Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State has accused the Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government of having abandoned the state in rescuing the kidnapped staff and students of Government Science College, Kagara.

Governor Bello threw the bombshell when he received the Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, at Government House, Minna, on Thursday.

Apart from a Federal Government delegation that visited to sympathise with the state after the incident, he said that the authorities in the state had not as much seen any other form of Federal Government assistance.

GreenWhiteGreen GWG had reported that the Nigeria Air Force plane which crashed last Sunday was on a reconnaissance mission in search of the abductees.

The governor also said that 300 extra policemen had been deployed to the state but lamented that the state government was mandated with the financial responsibility of their presence in the state.

“So where is the support? At the moment we have not seen any Federal support here since this incident occurred. Yes we had a delegation that came to commensurate with, but we are left to ourselves,” Governor Bello bemoaned on Thursday in frustration of how the Buhari government had abandoned the state over the Kagara abductions.

He was nevertheless optimistic of getting the hostages home as soon as possible.

“We will use whatever means and resources available to make sure the children return home safely. We don’t have exact day and when these children will be released but I am sure that it will happen very soon,” he said.

Earlier, Kalu had sympathized with the governor over the development as he called for more proactive measures including the inauguration of joint security committees to keep the bandits at bay.

“We sympathize with you and we share in your grieve at the moment. We know what you are going through and this why I am calling on the Federal Government to try to set up a joint security committee in your state to be able to have the representatives of all the forces stationed in the state to compliment the existing command in the state,” Kalu said.

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