The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has condemned the cruel attack on Government Science Technical School Potiskum in Yobe State, Nigeria, which killed dozens of children and injured many more.
The agency stated that “these repeated and relentless attacks on children and schools are attacks on the future of Nigeria, a country that already has the largest number of children out of school in the world.
“We call on those with the responsibility and power to bring the perpetrators of this cruel act to justice, and to uphold their responsibilities to protect children”, the agency said in a statement on its website.
Also the United Nation’s Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemned, the killing and reiterated his conviction that “no objective justifies wanton violence against civilians,” and called for the perpetrators to be “swiftly brought to justice through a process respectful of Nigeria’s human rights obligations and for adequate security measures to be provided for the protection of civilians”, in a statement issued by his spokesman on Tuesday..
“The Secretary-General is outraged by the frequency and brutality of attacks against educational institutions in the north of the country and reiterates his demand for an immediate cessation to these abominable crimes,” the statement said.
The attack took place when students of Government Science Secondary School in Potiskum, Yobe State, were lined up for the Monday morning assembly.
The Secretary-General also extended his sincere condolences to the families of those who were killed, and to the Government and people of Nigeria.
