I Withdrew My Children From Public School Because Of Kidnap Threat — El-Rufai

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has finally opened up on
why temporarily withdrawn his son, Abubakar-Sadiq from Kaduna
Capital School, a public school where he was enrolled in 2019.

The Governor stated the security of thousands of the school
pupils as the reason behind his decision, saying that, security
reports available to his government had it that, three bandits
groups were planning to abduct his son from the school.

El-Rufai disclosed this in an interview with the Pidgin Service
of the BBC, saying that, he had also enrolled Sadiq’s younger
sister, Nasrine in the same school after turning six years, before
the security development forcing the family to withdraw the
children temporarily.

He however said that, the two children who are currently on
homeschooling and only going to Capital School to write exams, will
return to the fully when security improves.

According to him, “my son and also my daughter are registered in
the school, because his (Abubakar-Sadiq) sister also clocked six
and we registered her in the school. But we had to temporarily
withdraw them for the security of the school because we received a
security report that three groups were planning to attack the
school and kidnap my son.

“I don’t think they (kidnappers) would have succeeded because
there are enough security in the school to prevent them, but it
would expose other pupils of the school to danger. We didn’t know
the kind of weapon they would have brought. I had taken a stand
against payment of ransom and we had report that, three groups were
planning to kidnap my son from Capital School to see whether I will
pay ransom or not if my son is kidnapped,” said El-Rufai.

The Governor said, they had to make the decision to withdraw his
son and daughter based on the advice of the security agents, he,
however, stated that, “both Abubakar Sadiq and Nasrine will go back
to the school when there is the confidence that, their attendance
will not put the school at risk.”

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has finally opened up on
why temporarily withdrawn his son, Abubakar-Sadiq from Kaduna
Capital School, a public school where he was enrolled in 2019.

The Governor stated the security of thousands of the school
pupils as the reason behind his decision, saying that, security
reports available to his government had it that, three bandits
groups were planning to abduct his son from the school.

El-Rufai disclosed this in an interview with the Pidgin Service
of the BBC, saying that, he had also enrolled Sadiq’s younger
sister, Nasrine in the same school after turning six years, before
the security development forcing the family to withdraw the
children temporarily.

He however said that, the two children who are currently on
homeschooling and only going to Capital School to write exams, will
return to the fully when security improves.

According to him, “my son and also my daughter are registered in
the school, because his (Abubakar-Sadiq) sister also clocked six
and we registered her in the school. But we had to temporarily
withdraw them for the security of the school because we received a
security report that three groups were planning to attack the
school and kidnap my son.

“I don’t think they (kidnappers) would have succeeded because
there are enough security in the school to prevent them, but it
would expose other pupils of the school to danger. We didn’t know
the kind of weapon they would have brought. I had taken a stand
against payment of ransom and we had report that, three groups were
planning to kidnap my son from Capital School to see whether I will
pay ransom or not if my son is kidnapped,” said El-Rufai.

The Governor said, they had to make the decision to withdraw his
son and daughter based on the advice of the security agents, he,
however, stated that, “both Abubakar Sadiq and Nasrine will go back
to the school when there is the confidence that, their attendance
will not put the school at risk.”