Overview
- Police in Kebbi State say gunmen stormed a girls’ secondary school in Maga at about 4 a.m., abducting no fewer than 25 pupils.
- The deputy head, identified by police as Hassan Makuku, was shot dead during the attack.
- Officers stationed at the school exchanged fire with the assailants, who scaled the fence and escaped with the students.
- Police and military units have deployed a large search operation with Nigerian Air Force support to sweep routes and nearby forests.
- Authorities are still verifying the final headcount, as the incident adds to a yearslong pattern of school kidnappings documented by NGOs across northern Nigeria.