Parents fear sending children to school due to banditry — Archbishop Onuoha

Archbishop of the Methodist Church, Sunday Ndukwo Onuoha, has advised the Federal Government to beryllium much decisive successful the warfare against banditry, declaring that tougher measures are required to prevention Nigerian schools, communities, and palaces from being overrun by bandits.

Speaking successful Umuahia on Monday during the 14th Vision Africa School Debate Competition, Onuoha said the state requires bold enactment to unafraid the merchandise of abducted schoolchildren and different victims of kidnapping crossed the nation.

He expressed interest implicit the increasing attacks connected schools and communities, describing the inclination arsenic a nonstop battle connected education, nationalist unity, and societal stability, which should pull the strongest effect from information agencies.

Archbishop Onuoha, who said Nigerian citizens indispensable beryllium protected from terrorists, urged the Federal Government to face banditry with the strategy deployed by the Nigerian Army during the tenure of erstwhile Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika (Rtd.).

Onuoha further lamented that parents successful immoderate parts of the state are present acrophobic to nonstop their children to schoolhouse for fearfulness of losing them to bandits.

The cleric besides appealed to the national authorities to intensify efforts towards the rescue of each kidnap victims inactive successful captivity, insisting that each disposable lawful strategy should beryllium deployed to secure...