24 Abducted Kebbi Schoolgirls Regain Freedom as President Tinubu Orders Enhanced Security Deployment
Twenty-four students of the Government Girls’ Comprehensive Secondary School in Maga, Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State, who were abducted by terrorists on November 17 have regained their freedom.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in a statement released by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, confirmed the development, welcomed the girls’ release and ordered enhanced security deployment in all vulnerable areas.
“Terrorists struck at the school at dawn on November 17 and abducted the girls, moments after a military detachment left the premises. The Kebbi incident triggered some other copycat kidnappings in Eruku in Kwara State and Papiri in Niger State.
“All 38 kidnapped victims in Eruku were freed on Sunday. The same day, the Niger State Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria said 50 of the missing students of the Catholic School in Niger have been found in their parents’ homes,” the statement noted.
President Tinubu applauded the security agents for their efforts in securing the victims’ freedom and tasked them with intensifying operations to rescue the remaining students still in captivity.
“I am relieved that all the 24 girls have been accounted for. Now, we must put as a matter of urgency more boots on the ground in the vulnerable areas to avert further incidents of kidnapping. My government will offer all the assistance needed to achieve this,” he said.
