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Abducted Nigerian Schoolgirls Get Freed After Captivity
(MENAFN) All 24 schoolgirls kidnapped from a boarding school in northwestern Nigeria have been rescued after spending more than a week in captivity, according to the authorities.
The girls were abducted on November 17 when armed men attacked the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Maga village, located in Kebbi State.
During the raid, two staff members of the school were killed, as confirmed by the Nigerian police. Initially, it was reported that 25 girls had been taken, but it was later clarified that one student managed to escape shortly after the gunmen arrived.
A special adviser to Nigerian President Bola Tinubu issued a statement on Tuesday, revealing that the "Kebbi incident triggered some other copycat kidnappings in Eruku in Kwara State and Papiri in Niger State."
He expressed relief that "all the 24 girls have been accounted for" and emphasized the need for more troops to be deployed in "vulnerable areas to avert further incidents of kidnapping."
The president also commended the security forces for their "swift response" to the situation but did not provide details on how the girls were ultimately freed.
The abduction of these girls is part of a larger wave of violent kidnappings and attacks in Nigeria.
This recent surge has become so severe that it led President Tinubu to cancel his planned trip to South Africa to attend the recently concluded G20 Summit.
Just days earlier, armed assailants attacked St. Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri, abducting over 300 students and 12 teachers in one of the country’s largest kidnappings in recent years.
On Sunday, the Christian Association of Nigeria reported that 50 of the students managed to escape their captors, though the rest remain missing.
Additionally, last week, 38 people were kidnapped and two were killed during an assault on the Christ Apostolic Church in Eruku.
The government later confirmed that all those taken from the church were freed on Sunday.
In the face of this growing crisis, authorities continue to grapple with the increasing frequency and scale of these violent abductions across the country.
The girls were abducted on November 17 when armed men attacked the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Maga village, located in Kebbi State.
During the raid, two staff members of the school were killed, as confirmed by the Nigerian police. Initially, it was reported that 25 girls had been taken, but it was later clarified that one student managed to escape shortly after the gunmen arrived.
A special adviser to Nigerian President Bola Tinubu issued a statement on Tuesday, revealing that the "Kebbi incident triggered some other copycat kidnappings in Eruku in Kwara State and Papiri in Niger State."
He expressed relief that "all the 24 girls have been accounted for" and emphasized the need for more troops to be deployed in "vulnerable areas to avert further incidents of kidnapping."
The president also commended the security forces for their "swift response" to the situation but did not provide details on how the girls were ultimately freed.
The abduction of these girls is part of a larger wave of violent kidnappings and attacks in Nigeria.
This recent surge has become so severe that it led President Tinubu to cancel his planned trip to South Africa to attend the recently concluded G20 Summit.
Just days earlier, armed assailants attacked St. Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri, abducting over 300 students and 12 teachers in one of the country’s largest kidnappings in recent years.
On Sunday, the Christian Association of Nigeria reported that 50 of the students managed to escape their captors, though the rest remain missing.
Additionally, last week, 38 people were kidnapped and two were killed during an assault on the Christ Apostolic Church in Eruku.
The government later confirmed that all those taken from the church were freed on Sunday.
In the face of this growing crisis, authorities continue to grapple with the increasing frequency and scale of these violent abductions across the country.
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