PRESS STATEMENT: HUMANITARIAN MINISTER CONDEMNS KILLING AND ABDUCTION OF GREEN FIELD UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN KADUNA

The Honourable Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar  Farouq,  has expressed sadness over the recent killing of a staff and abduction of some students of Green Field University, a private institution located along Kaduna – Abuja highway, by suspected gun men.

The Minister condemned the incident in a statement issued by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry,  Bashir Nura Alkali.

Farouq sympathises with the Kaduna State Government , the Institution and the parents of the abducted students.

She equally  commiserates with the family of the staff that was killed during the attack.

“May Allah console the family and grant the departed eternal rest. I also pray for the safety of the students.

“I assure that  relevant security agencies will do every thing possible towards the release and safe return of the students.

I urge  State governments and school authorities to provide adequate security in all schools in the country” the Minister said.

Rhoda Ishaku Iliya
Deputy Director Information