US EditionAll 24 schoolgirls abducted from Kebbi in Nigeria have been rescued, president says
President Tinubu confirmed all 24 abducted schoolgirls from Kebbi were rescued unharmed in a government-led operation without ransom payment, reflecting a shift to non-violent tactics.
- On Tuesday, President Bola Tinubu announced all 24 schoolgirls abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Maga, Kebbi State have been rescued, saying `I am relieved that all the 24 girls have been accounted for`.
- On Nov. 17, armed men stormed the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, killing Vice-Principal Hassan Yakubu Makuku and initially abducting 25 students shortly after a military detachment left.
- A government source said the release followed a non-kinetic intervention led by the Federal Government involving dialogue and negotiation, with the Office of the National Security Adviser and Department of State Services closely involved.
- President Bola Tinubu applauded security agents and tactical teams, pledging government assistance and ordering more boots on the ground plus expanded air surveillance as rescued girls head to Government House, Birnin Kebbi.
- Officials say the Kebbi incident triggered copycat kidnappings in Eruku and Papiri, prompting Kebbi State Governor Nasir Idris to demand a military probe while details of the rescue operation remain unreleased.
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All 24 schoolgirls kidnapped by gunmen from a school in Kebbi, northwestern Nigeria, last week have been rescued, the state's president, Bola Tinubu, said. Police initially said 25 students were abducted, with one of them reportedly escaping on the day of the attack, according to AP News. Nigeria is still searching for another 250 kidnapped from other locations.
In Nigeria, 24 high school girls abducted a week ago in Kebbi state were released. On 17 November, armed men broke into their boarding schools – and the attack triggered a wave of similar kidnappings in neighbouring states in the following days, bringing the number of kidnapped persons to nearly 350. President Bola Tinubu hailed a "successful" operation under the fire of critics.
All 24 Schoolgirls Kidnapped in Northwest Nigeria Have Been Rescued
In Nigeria, President Bola Tinubu said that all 24 schoolgirls kidnapped last week in northwest Nigeria have been rescued. More than 300 students and staff from a Catholic boarding school were abducted last Friday. Fifty of the kidnapped students managed to escape over the weekend. This is 13-year-old Stephen Samuel, who escaped the gunmen. Stephen Samuel: “I ran. He did not see me. I made a run. I started going. I don’t know where I should foll…
The school principal told the AP last week that one of the kidnapped girls managed to escape.
While the country is under heavy pressure after the unclaimed abductions, in less than a week, of hundreds of people, President Bola Tinubu welcomed the release of the 24 schoolgirls abducted on 17 November "by terrorists in Maga", in the North West.
24 schoolgirls abducted from Kebbi in Nigeria rescued, president says
The attack in Kebbi was among a spate of recent mass abductions in Nigeria, including a raid Friday on the Saint Mary’s School in north-central Niger state in which more than 300 students and staff from the Catholic school were abducted
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