ABUJA—Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has called on the nation’s security forces to swiftly rescue the four Journalists who were kidnapped last weekend.

In a statement yesterday by his media office , Atiku strongly condemned the state of insecurity in the country and the impunity with which criminals operate in the country unhindered.

“I would like to appeal to the kidnappers to release the Journalists immediately,” Atiku said in the statement adding that “Our security forces should do everything humanly possible to rescue them. Kidnapping is evil and it should be visited with the severest punishment.”

The former Vice President said the prevailing insecurity in the country would discourage the inflow of foreign investment into the country.

He called on the Nigeria Police and the State Security Service to increase their intelligence gathering capability to be able to nip criminal activities in the bud.

“Areas prone to kidnapping are already well known and our security forces must increase their presence in such areas to be able to nap these kidnappers.

“Kidnappers live in our midst. They are often well known by members of the community in which they operate. Our security forces must be able to identify them and make them face the full wrath of the law,” Atiku said.

Atiku added that there was absolutely no justification for the kidnapping of the journalists and that the action of the kidnappers was senseless and condemnable.