Lai Mohammed Attacks #BringBackOurBoys Campaigners After Katsina Schoolboys’ Release

For allegedly “denigrating” President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration by demanding the release of over 300 schoolboys kidnapped from a government school in Katsina, the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, has attacked originators of the #BringBackOurBoys campaign.

Mohammed accused the #BringBackOurBoys campaigners of engaging in “the most uncouth and irresponsible” behaviuor by taking to social media to demand release of the schoolboys.

The minister spoke at a press briefing on Friday in Abuja.

He said the #BringBackOurBoys campaigners who had, “started trading and politicking with the #hashtag ‘BringBackOurBoys’ can now go home, as our boys have been brought back, even before their dubious campaign could take off”.

Mohammed commend the Buhari administration as one that attaches importance to the security and safety of citizens.

He said, “There is no government in the world that will not face the challenges of security at one time or another. No government in the world is immune to terrorist attacks. What stands any government out is the way and manner it responds to such challenges.

“For example, school shooting has been a recurring challenge in the United States. Between 2010 and 2020, almost 200 school children were killed and many more injured in various school shooting incidents.

“Needless to say that the world’s most powerful country suffered a tragic terrorist attack in September 2001 that claimed almost 3,000 lives.

“In France, between 2010 and 2020, 286 people were killed in various terrorist incidents. And in New Zealand, in March 2019, 49 people were killed in shootings at two mosques in ChristChurch, New Zealand.

“I have given these instances to support the fact that no nation, no matter how powerful, is immune to security challenges,” the minister added.