Overview
- Police say 25 girls were taken from dormitories around 4 a.m. at Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Maga, Danko-Wasagu, Kebbi state.
- Vice principal Hassan Yakubu Makuku was shot dead during the attack, and staffer Ali Shehu was wounded.
- The assailants, described as carrying sophisticated weapons, exchanged fire with school guards before fleeing, with a teacher reporting they headed toward Zamfara.
- A coordinated search-and-rescue involving police tactical units, soldiers and local vigilantes is combing suspected escape routes and surrounding forests.
- No group has claimed responsibility, and officials describe the region’s school kidnappings as crimes largely driven by ransom-seeking bandit gangs.