{"id":1467,"date":"2024-03-11T20:29:19","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T20:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/?p=1467"},"modified":"2024-03-11T20:29:19","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T20:29:19","slug":"urgent-appeal-rescue-abducted-idps-borno-state-students-teachers-lea-primary-school-kuriga-kaduna-state-fifteen-pupils-gidan-bakuso-sokoto-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/index.php\/2024\/03\/11\/urgent-appeal-rescue-abducted-idps-borno-state-students-teachers-lea-primary-school-kuriga-kaduna-state-fifteen-pupils-gidan-bakuso-sokoto-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Urgent Appeal for The Rescue of Abducted Internally Displaced Persons (IDPS) In Borno State, Students\/Teachers in Lea Primary School, Kuriga Kaduna State as Well as Fifteen (15) Pupils in Gidan Bakuso, Sokoto State Respectively"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"en-NG\"><span style=\"color:#0066cc;\">Urgent Appeal for The Rescue of Abducted Internally Displaced Persons (IDPS) In Borno State, Students\/Teachers in Lea Primary School, Kuriga Kaduna State as Well as Fifteen (15) Pupils in Gidan Bakuso, Sokoto State Respectively<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/p><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong style=\"color: rgb(0, 102, 204);\">Highlights:<\/strong><\/p><\/span>\n<span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><div style=\"mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid #4472C4 1.0pt;\nborder-left:none;border-bottom:solid #4472C4 1.0pt;border-right:none;\nmso-border-top-alt:solid #4472C4 .5pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #4472C4 .5pt;\npadding:10.0pt 31.0pt 10.0pt 31.0pt;margin-left:61.2pt;margin-right:43.2pt\"><p class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"margin-top:18.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:\n18.0pt;margin-left:18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:\n115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;border:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid #4472C4 .5pt;\nmso-border-bottom-alt:solid #4472C4 .5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:10.0pt 31.0pt 10.0pt 31.0pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Wingdings;\nmso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;mso-bidi-font-family:Wingdings;color:#4472C4\">\u00a7<span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:15.0pt;\nline-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:#4472C4\">CSO, SOAI\ncalls on relevant authorities to intensify efforts to secure and protect the\nvulnerable Nigerians, Condemns the Act as Human Rights Violation.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n<\/div><div style=\"mso-element:para-border-div;border:none #E3E3E3 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:\nnone #E3E3E3 0cm;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;background:white\">\n\n<\/div><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:15.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;\nmso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:#0D0D0D;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;\nmso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA\"><br>Speak Out Africa Initiative (SOAI), a\nnot-for-profit Organisation with a core mandate of promoting effective\ndevelopment and human rights has appealed to the Nigerian government, security\nagencies, and the international community to take immediate and decisive action\nfor the rescue of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) abducted in Borno State\non 29th February, 2024; the students and teachers at LEA Primary School in\nKuriga, Kaduna State on Thursday 7th March as well as the fifteen (15) pupils\nfrom the Islamic seminary hostel as they slept on Saturday 9th March, 2024 in Sokoto\nState respectively.\n<br><br>\nThe recent incidents of abduction have once again highlighted\nthe grave humanitarian crisis facing our nation, particularly in regions\naffected by insurgency and conflict. The vulnerable IDPs in Borno State,\nalready displaced by the dire circumstances, are now facing the unimaginable\nhorror of abduction. This is a grave violation of their basic human rights, and\nwe implore all relevant authorities to prioritize their rescue and safety.\n<br><br>\nEqually distressing is the\nsituation at LEA Primary School in Kuriga, Kaduna State, where innocent\nstudents and dedicated teachers have been taken captive, over 280 of them, and\nthe 15 pupils kidnapped from their hostel on 9<sup>th<\/sup> March, 2024\nSaturday morning. This is disheartening since Education is a fundamental right,\nand the heinous action not only undermines the future of these young minds but\nalso strikes at the heart of our collective progress as a society.<\/span><\/p><\/span><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;\nmso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:#0D0D0D;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;\nmso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA\"><\/span><br><br>\nYou can&nbsp;<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/abduction2024.pdf\" attributes-list=\"\" download=\"Urgent Appeal for The Rescue of Abducted Internally Displaced Persons (IDPS) In Borno State, Students\/Teachers in Lea Primary School, Kuriga Kaduna State as Well as Fifteen (15) Pupils in Gidan Bakuso, Sokoto State Respectively\">download this public statement<\/a>,&nbsp;to continue reading&#8230;<\/p> \n<\/span>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<em><br>\n<br>#RescueAbductedIDPs #SOAI<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1468,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/abducted2024.jpg",1440,961,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/abducted2024-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/abducted2024-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/abducted2024-768x513.jpg",768,513,true],"large":["https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/abducted2024-1024x683.jpg",780,520,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/abducted2024.jpg",1440,961,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/abducted2024.jpg",1440,961,false],"benevolent-slider":["https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/abducted2024.jpg",1440,961,false],"benevolent-community":["https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/abducted2024-960x450.jpg",960,450,true],"benevolent-blog":["https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/abducted2024-350x196.jpg",350,196,true],"benevolent-with-sidebar":["https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/abducted2024-780x437.jpg",780,437,true],"benevolent-without-sidebar":["https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/abducted2024-1200x437.jpg",1200,437,true],"benevolent-featured-post":["https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/abducted2024-275x275.jpg",275,275,true],"benevolent-recent-post":["https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/abducted2024-75x75.jpg",75,75,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/index.php\/author\/admin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1467"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1471,"href":"https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1467\/revisions\/1471"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speakoutafricainitiative.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}