The Federal Government has disclosed that it will provide comprehensive rehabilitation for the four girls of the Al-Kadriyar family who were rescued after enduring two weeks in the handd of their abductors.
This was made known by the Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, on Monday after a visit to the rescued girls at a facility where they are undergoing medical treatment.
“The ministry will closely monitor their recovery and will be there for them immediately they leave this facility and commence full rehabilitation, which includes the engagement of a psychologist.
“This is due to the trauma they must have been through during the period in the kidnappers’ custody,” she said.
The Minister requested that the girls be moved from their present school to another safer environment, while another should undergo her National Youth Service Scheme at the ministry.
Lauding the army, police, and other security agencies for their collaboration in the release of the girls, she bemoaned the incessant cases of kidnapping.
“President Bola Tinubu is deeply worried about this trend of kidnapping and is working assiduously towards addressing the situation.
“After this visit, I will update the President and First Lady about the condition of these girls,” she added.
Kennedy-Ohanenye presented food beverages, soap, noodles, and sanitary items to the girls as part of the preparatory plans for their rehabilitation after leaving the facility.
The father of the girls, Mr Al-Kadriyar Monsoor thanked the government and security agencies for their efforts.
Monsoor called on the federal government to ensure a stronger collaboration among the various security agencies as part of measures to improve the nation’s security architecture.
He equally emphasized on the need for robust machinery to be put in place at the grassroots through coordinated community-based intelligence sharing to make the work easier for security agencies.
“Bwari is bordered by four states: Plateau, Niger, Nasarawa, and Kaduna.
“This makes the area porous to any form of invasion, and the government should improve on community-based intelligence and communication to make lives safer at the grass-roots level of our country,” he said.
The girls were kidnapped within their residence at the Zuma 1 area of Bwari Area Council on January 2nd.
However, the failure of the family to meet their demand within a deadline issued by the kidnappers led to the killing of one of the daughters, Nabeeha.
Police sources disclosed that they were rescued by the FCT anti-kidnapping squad in a concerted effort with troops of the Nigerian Army around the Kajuru forest in Kaduna state on Saturday.
