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Police Say 25 Girls Abducted in Kebbi School Attack That Killed Vice Principal

Police now put the number of abducted girls at 25, with no claim of responsibility.

Overview

  • Police reported that armed assailants raided the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Maga before dawn Monday and seized 25 students.
  • Vice Principal Hassan Yakubu Makuku was shot dead while resisting the attackers, and a security guard was injured, according to local accounts.
  • The attackers, described as carrying rifles and using coordinated tactics, targeted the boarding school while students were on campus overnight.
  • Witnesses said the gunmen fled toward neighboring Zamfara state after the abductions, and security forces had not issued an immediate public update.
  • No group has claimed responsibility, and the incident reflects recurrent ransom-driven school kidnappings in northwest Nigeria.