US Edition25 Nigerian Schoolgirls Kidnapped in Kebbi State Attack
Gunmen abducted 25 girls and killed the vice principal in a pre-dawn raid at a Kebbi boarding school, highlighting ongoing school-targeted violence in northern Nigeria.
- Police spokesperson Nafiu Abubakar Kotarkoshi said on Monday gunmen abducted 25 schoolgirls from Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Maga, Danko-Wasagu, Kebbi State around 04:00 a.m. from their dormitories.
- Since 2014, kidnappers have targeted schools, with at least 1,500 students seized since Boko Haram's Chibok abduction, as armed groups use kidnappings to fund crimes and control villages.
- Vice-Principal Malam Hassan Yakubu Makuku was shot dead while resisting, as assailants used `sophisticated weapons` and exchanged fire with police, witnesses said.
- Police and military units have been deployed to comb suspected routes as a combined team of police tactical units, soldiers and local vigilantes conduct a coordinated search-and-rescue operation, while one escaped student returned home, school officials said.
- The Federal Government said it is recalibrating military, policing and intelligence capabilities and deepening cooperation with ECOWAS, the African Union and the Multinational Joint Task Force to strengthen border security.
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Gunmen abduct 25 girls from northern Nigeria school
Gunmen abducted 25 girls from a boarding school in northern Nigeria, the latest sign of the country’s persistent security struggles. The region — which borders the Sahel, the world’s terrorism hotspot — has for years been overrun by Islamist militias including Boko Haram, which in 2014 kidnapped 270 girls in northern Nigeria. Successive governments have vowed to crack down on the armed groups, though progress has been limited. The US, which has …
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