US EditionAll 24 schoolgirls abducted from Kebbi in Nigeria have been rescued, president says
President Tinubu confirmed all 24 abducted schoolgirls from Kebbi were rescued unharmed in a government-led operation without ransom payment, reflecting a shift to non-violent tactics.
- On Tuesday, President Bola Tinubu announced all 24 schoolgirls abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Maga, Kebbi State have been rescued, saying `I am relieved that all the 24 girls have been accounted for`.
- On Nov. 17, armed men stormed the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, killing Vice-Principal Hassan Yakubu Makuku and initially abducting 25 students shortly after a military detachment left.
- A government source said the release followed a non-kinetic intervention led by the Federal Government involving dialogue and negotiation, with the Office of the National Security Adviser and Department of State Services closely involved.
- President Bola Tinubu applauded security agents and tactical teams, pledging government assistance and ordering more boots on the ground plus expanded air surveillance as rescued girls head to Government House, Birnin Kebbi.
- Officials say the Kebbi incident triggered copycat kidnappings in Eruku and Papiri, prompting Kebbi State Governor Nasir Idris to demand a military probe while details of the rescue operation remain unreleased.
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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.
24 schoolgirls abducted from Kebbi in Nigeria rescued, president says
The attack in Kebbi was among a spate of recent mass abductions in Nigeria, including a raid Friday on the Saint Mary’s School in north-central Niger state in which more than 300 students and staff from the Catholic school were abducted
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24 Schoolgirls Abducted From Kebbi in Nigeria Have Been Rescued, President Says
SOKOTO, Nigeria—All 24 schoolgirls held by assailants following a mass abduction last week from a school in northwestern Nigeria have been rescued, the country’s president announced Tuesday. A total of 25 girls were abducted Nov. 17 from the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Kebbi state’s Maga town, but one of them was able to escape the same day, the school’s principal said. The remaining 24 were all rescued, according to a sta…
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