Predawn Attack on Kebbi Girls' School: 25 Students Abducted, Vice-Principal Killed

Overview

• Armed men entered the Government Girls Comprehensive Senior Secondary School in Maga around 4 a.m., firing sporadically with what police called sophisticated weapons.
• Twenty-five female students were seized, the vice-principal was shot dead, and a security guard was wounded, according to police and a UN report.
• Police deployed teams to sweep the attackers' routes and a nearby forest to rescue the students and apprehend the suspects, whom authorities describe as bandits.
• Officials have not reported any rescues or arrests, and search operations remain ongoing.
• The raid is the second mass school abduction reported in Kebbi in four years, following a 2021 case in which more than 100 were taken and later freed in groups after ransom payments.