By Gloria Ikibah
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu, has condemned the abduction of students at St. Mary’s Papiri Private Catholic Secondary School, Papiri, in Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State, when gunmen suspected to be armed bandits stormed the school on Friday and abducted scores of school children.
In a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Deputy Speaker, Levinus Nwabughiogu, Kalu lamented the unhealthy development, describing it as worrisome. 
Kalu however urged the security agencies to deploy all necessary skills and strategies to rescue the students and apprehend their abductors.
The Deputy Speaker who expressed his smpathy to the Niger State government and families of the victims, assured of all legislative support and interventions to help tackle insecurity in the country.
