Gunmen attacked a highschool in northwestern Nigeria earlier than daybreak on Monday (November 18). They took 25 schoolgirls and killed at the least one employees member, authorities stated. It’s the newest abduction of scholars within the area. No group instantly claimed duty for abducting the ladies from the boarding faculty in Kebbi state. Moreover, the gunmen’s motivation was unclear.
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Extra Particulars About The Excessive College Abduction
Police stated gunmen took the boarding schoolgirls from their dorms at 4 a.m. Monday. The college is in Maga, within the state’s Danko-Wasagu space, police spokesperson Nafi’u Abubakar Kotarkoshi stated. The assailants had been armed with “refined weapons” and exchanged fireplace with guards earlier than abducting the ladies, Kotarkoshi stated.
“A mixed workforce is presently combing suspected escape routes and surrounding forests in a coordinated search and rescue operation geared toward recovering the kidnapped college students and arresting the perpetrators,” the spokesperson stated.
Kotarkoshi stated one individual was killed and one other was injured. Nonetheless, a resident who stated his daughter and granddaughter had been kidnapped within the raid believes the demise toll stands at two. Police didn’t reply to an AP name in search of affirmation of a second demise.
“We had been informed that the attackers entered the college with many bikes. They first went straight to the instructor’s home and killed him earlier than killing the guard,” stated Abdulkarim Abdullahi Maga.
Kidnappings Aren’t New In Nigeria
In accordance with the Related Press, Nigeria is going through a multidimensional safety problem, particularly from imprecise teams of armed bandits who concentrate on kidnapping for ransoms—generally totaling 1000’s of {dollars}. The teams have been answerable for a number of high-profile abductions throughout Nigeria’s northern area. Kidnappings, assaults on villages and alongside main roads have grow to be frequent due to the restricted safety presence. These bandits usually are not linked to militant teams akin to Boko Haram and the splinter group Islamic State West Africa Province. The second group’s assaults on communities and authorities installations are motivated by faith.
Tons of Of College students Kidnapped Since 2014
Armed teams have focused faculty youngsters within the area since 2014. That yr, the Boko Haram group kidnapped 276 college students from Chibok in Borno state. That abduction marked the start of a brand new period of worry. Dozens stay in captivity.
Because the Chibok abductions, at the least 1,500 college students have been kidnapped. As talked about, armed teams have more and more discover in abductions a profitable approach to fund different crimes and management villages within the nation’s mineral-rich however poorly policed area. In March 2024, greater than 130 schoolchildren had been rescued after spending greater than two weeks in captivity within the Nigerian state of Kaduna.
Nonetheless, raids on colleges have subsided lately as state governments carried out safety measures in scorching spots, together with closing colleges for an prolonged time period.
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Related Press writers Ope Adetayo and Dyepkazah Shibayan and freelance journalist Mohammed Ibrahim contributed to this report through AP Newsroom.
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