UGHELLI— WORRIED by the threat to the security and safety of
teachers in Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State, occasioned by the
kidnap of their colleague, Mrs Elizabeth Urevbu, the Nigeria Union of Teachers,
NUT, in the area has embarked on a week warning strike, demanding the
unconditional release of their colleague.
Mrs Elizabeth Urevbu was reportedly kidnapped five weeks ago
at Awhire Secondary School, Awirhe-Agbarha-Otor during school hours alongside
an engineer, whose identity was not known at press time.
The engineer, according to a dependable source who does not
want his name in print, was released few days after the incident.
The union, in a communiqué at the end of its emergency
meeting, said: “The branch council in session, equally frowned at the way and
manner the Delta State security operatives are handling the matter, especially
the Delta Police Command, five weeks into the kidnap of our colleague.”
The union urged security operatives in the state to step up
effort towards securing the immediate release of Mrs Elizabeth,” adding that
the strike was in obedience to the directive of the state wing of the union.
