{"id":25700,"date":"2014-04-24T02:40:05","date_gmt":"2014-04-24T01:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=25700"},"modified":"2014-04-24T02:40:05","modified_gmt":"2014-04-24T01:40:05","slug":"mark-calls-for-release-of-abducted-school-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/mark-calls-for-release-of-abducted-school-girls\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark calls for release of abducted school girls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Senate President Senator David Mark has described the abduction of female students of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok in Borno state\u00a0 as\u00a0 embarrassingly sacrilegious even as he pleaded with their captors\u00a0 to listen to the voice of reason and free the teenagers .<\/p>\n<p>Senator Mark in a statement on the incident in Abuja imagined the harrowing experience of the students in the hands of their captors, the mental and psychological torture of their parents and guardians and restated the need for wise counsel\u00a0 to prevail on their captors to release them.<\/p>\n<p>He maintained that no rational being can justify the abduction of these children whose only offence is that they chose to go to school to better their lots and contribute to the socio- Economic and political development of their father land.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; The\u00a0 situation is fast degrading and devaluing\u00a0 us as against the age long cherished love for\u00a0 younger persons . It is a sad commentary and a terrible assault on our psyche as a people. In the good old days of Nigeria . This was a taboo and unarguably unheard of&#8221;,\u00a0 Senator Mark lamented.<\/p>\n<p>He canvassed for synergy between and among security agencies to do all that is needed to rescue the girls from their captors saying that the deteriorating situation is making a mockery of our nation.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Mark reiterated that there still exist various channels including the National Assembly\u00a0 for addressing grievances pointing out that &#8220;this unabating show of rascality and disregards for rule of law by the insurgents\u00a0 is an affront on the Nigerian people.<\/p>\n<p>He added:&#8221;We should all know that there is the Almighty God above all. This lack of human feelings\u00a0 and\u00a0 display of impunity\u00a0 is\u00a0 certainly\u00a0 not a way of life . 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