US Edition24 Nigerian Girls Freed After School Kidnapping
- Authorities reported the release of 24 girls abducted on November 17 from a government boarding school in Kebbi state, Nigeria.
- Armed men stormed the school shortly after a military detachment left; officials said the gang used sophisticated weapons, shooting sporadically and overwhelming local security forces.
- The Kebbi raid triggered copycat kidnappings in Kwara and Niger states last week, when armed gangs seized more than 300 children from St Mary’s , 13 girls in Borno state, and 10 women and children in Kwara state.
- President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday called for more boots on the ground and pledged government assistance, urging security forces to intensify efforts to free others still held captive.
- Amid a long-running security crisis, mass kidnappings for ransom have become common in northern Nigeria, with ACLED recording 42 student-targeting incidents this year and the World Food Programme warning nearly 35 million people face severe food insecurity.
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The school principal told the AP last week that one of the kidnapped girls managed to escape.
While the country is under heavy pressure after the unclaimed abductions, in less than a week, of hundreds of people, President Bola Tinubu welcomed the release of the 24 schoolgirls abducted on 17 November "by terrorists in Maga", in the North West.
Frankfurter Allgemeine
Several mass abductions have shaken the West African country last week. Now 24 girls have been freed, but more than 250 children are still in captivity.
In Nigeria, 24 students are free again, who were abducted from a boarding school last week.
About a week after her abduction, 24 students are released in Nigeria. In a similar case, more than 200 people are still missing.
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