Kidnapping: Nigerian government vows to rehabilitate freed sisters
President Bola Tinubu’s government is committed to providing comprehensive rehabilitation for four girls from the Al-Kadriyar family, says Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, the minister of women affairs.
The minister said this on Monday after a visit to the girls at a facility where they are undergoing medical treatment.
The girls were held captive by kidnappers for two weeks.
“The ministry will closely monitor their recovery and will be there for them immediately they leave this facility and commence full rehabilitation which includes engagement of a psychologist.
“This is due to the trauma they must have been through during the period in the kidnappers’ custody,” she said.
While commending the army, police and other security agencies for the collaboration in the release of the girls, she expressed concern over incessant cases of kidnapping.
“President Bola Tinubu is deeply worried about this trend of kidnapping and is working assiduously towards addressing the situation. After this visit, I will update the president and first lady about the condition of these girls” she added.
Al-Kadriyar Monsoor, father of the girls, expressed appreciation to the government and security agencies for their efforts.
Mr Monsoor urged the government to ensure a stronger synergy among the various security agencies as part of measures to improve the nation’s security architecture.
He also harped on the need for robust machinery to be put in place at the grassroots through coordinated community-based intelligence sharing to make the work easier for security agencies.
“Bwari is bordered by four states: Plateau, Niger, Nasarawa and Kaduna. This makes the area porous to any form of invasion. Government should improve on community-based intelligence and communication to make lives safer at the grass root level of our country,” he said.
Mr Monsoor’s daughters, five of them, were kidnapped at the Zuma 1 area of Bwari Area Council January 2.
The kidnappers killed one of them, Nabeeha.
(NAN)
