THE Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) have asked Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, to resign due to escalation of insecurity in the state.
Their calls followed the kidnap of students of Bethel Baptist School, Maraban Rido, Chikun Local Council yesterday.
The Chairman of CAN, Kaduna chapter, Rev. Joseph Hayab, who is a Baptist senior pastor, yesterday, explained that students in the hostels registered before the kidnap were 180, adding: “They counted the students this (Monday) morning and they said 174 could not be accounted for.”
He urged the governor to resign if he could not handle the security of the state.
On its part, the National Coordinator of HURIWA, Emmanuel Onwubiko, alleged that the kidnappers were being pampered by the Federal Government, slamming El-Rufai for playing to the gallery by enrolling his son to a public school but secretly withdrawing him later.
“If El-Rufai has any shame left in him, he should resign (as governor) forthwith for secretly withdrawing these children and trying to speak from both sides of his mouth by claiming that kidnappers were gunning for them. Then 24 hours later, these terrorists abducted several children of the poor,” HURIWA stated.
