Twenty-four schoolgirls taken from Government Girls’ Secondary School, Maga, in Kebbi State, have been released.
The students were freed on Tuesday morning, November 25, following joint operations coordinated by the Office of the National Security Adviser and the State Security Service.
In a video seen by Dockaysworld, the girls could be observed in a bus introducing themselves and their classes.
Armed men had stormed the school on Monday, November 17, abducting 25 students and killing the Vice Principal during the attack.
One of the girls managed to escape shortly after the incident, leaving 24 still in captivity until their rescue.
President Bola Tinubu has commended the release of the girls and charged security agencies to do more to secure the freedom of others.
The President’s statement reads in part:
“President Bola Tinubu has welcomed the release today of the 24 schoolgirls abducted by terrorists in Maga Kebbi last Monday. 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,”
“President Tinubu applauded the security agents for all the efforts made to secure freedom for all the victims taken away by the terrorists.”
“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.”
Meanwhile, another Kwara attack has occurred, with 11 people kidnapped, including nursing and expectant mothers.
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