National Security Adviser (NSA) to the President, Nuhu Ribadu, has reassured parents and authorities of St. Mary’s Private Catholic Primary and Secondary School, Papiri, in Agwara Local Government Area, Niger State, that the abducted pupils “are doing fine and will return soon.”
Ribadu delivered the message on Monday during a visit to the Catholic Bishop of Kontagora Diocese and Proprietor of the school, Bulus Dauwa Yohanna, as well as parents of the abducted children at St. Michael’s Catholic Cathedral, Kontagora.
He conveyed President Bola Tinubu’s message of hope, noting that efforts to rescue the children were progressing and security deployment in the affected area had been intensified.
Assuring that the pupils would return safely, he said, “God is with them and God is with us. Evil will never win. They are going to come back. I give you that assurance”.