Senator representing Ogun West Senatorial district, Senator Odebiyi has lamented the endless kidnapping for ransom, rape, and all forms of insecurity perpetuated in the Northern part of the country. DAILY POST reports.

He stated this while contributing to a motion titled: “Urgent need to surmount all kinds of kidnappings, banditry and related security challenges in Wasagu-Danko, Sakaba, and Yauri Local Government Areas of Kebbi State”, which was sponsored by Senator Bala Ibn’Nallah, representing Kebbi South Senatorial district on Wednesday.

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“We seem to be very reactive and very adhoc on how we solve problems such as security in this country, but I think we need to go a bit deeper”. Information Guide Nigeria

“It is a fertile ground for recruiting bandits, especially when you put that in conjunction with the breakdown of countries around Nigeria in the Sahel and all those areas, it will provide a fertile environment”.

“When underage marriage takes place in poverty”, the couple gave birth in that condition and the baby grew up only to be recruited by criminal gangsters”.

“If you look at from 2013, we had about 4million children out of school, today you have 14m children out of school, add that to about 100 million people in poverty, especially if you look at the northeast and the northwest”. jamb results

“If we sit down here by 2025, we will have 20million children out of school, the security issue in this country will continue to get worse”.

“So, all these adhoc reactions of calling on Army, the police, we must have a compressive approach and declare a marshal law against out-of-school children”.

“As long as we have poverty and more children out of school, as long as we have underage children giving birth, to more poverty, it is a fertile ground”.