The African Women Lawyers Affiliation, AWLA, has referred to as for pressing motion to rescue the schoolgirls kidnapped in Kebbi State.
The affiliation additionally renewed its demand for stronger measures to handle gender-based violence throughout the nation.
AWLA made the decision on Thursday throughout its ongoing Worldwide Convention in Cotonou, Benin Republic, following the kidnapping of 25 college students from Authorities Girls Complete Senior Secondary School, Maga, in Danko-Wasagu Native Authorities Space of the state.
With the convention themed “From Margins to Mainstream: The African Girl in Unfettered Sustainable Growth,” AWLA members mentioned the assault highlights the deepening insecurity in Nigeria and the rising vulnerability of schoolgirls.
Worldwide Alternate Chairman for Litigation and AWLA consultant, Abiodun Kolawole, described the incident as a tragic indication of the rising threats going through Nigerian kids.
“We’re devastated by what occurred in Kebbi. Armed males stormed a authorities school the place younger girls have been merely making an attempt to study. That is heartbreaking. That is unacceptable. Nigeria can not proceed to dwell beneath the fixed menace of abduction and terror,” Kolawole mentioned.
She urged the Nigerian authorities, the African Union, ECOWAS, the United Nations and different worldwide companions to urgently intervene and assist efforts to rescue the girls and defend faculties nationwide.
