President Bola Tinubu has directed security agencies to ensure that all abducted Nigerians across the country are rescued and returned safely.

Tinubu said that Nigerian children should no longer be “sitting ducks for heartless terrorists intent on disrupting their education and subjecting them and their parents to unspeakable trauma”.

The President, who stated this on Monday while reacting to the release of 100 pupils of the St. Mary’s Catholic Private Primary and Secondary School, Papiri, Niger State, also directed security agencies to “prevent future kidnappings”.

“My directive to our security forces remains that all the students and other abducted Nigerians across the country must be rescued and brought back home safely. We must account for all the victims.

“The Federal Government will continue to work with Niger State and other states to secure our schools and make the learning environment safer and more conducive for our young ones.

“From now on, our security agencies, working with the governors, must prevent future kidnappings. Our children should no longer be sitting ducks for heartless terrorists intent on disrupting their education and subjecting them and their parents to unspeakable trauma,” Tinubu was quoted as saying in a statement signed by his media aide, Bayo Onanuga.