Nigeria School Kidnapping Dey Draw Selective Wahala From Trump Supporters

Top Nigerian general don order troops make dem fight “day and night” to rescue 25 schoolgirls wey bandits kidnap for northwest, wey US President Donald Trump supporters don use di matter run. Di raid happen early Monday for Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, Kebbi State, wey dey Muslim-majority north. Di gunmen manage enter school, kill di vice-principal, then carry away di students. Major General Waidi Shaibu, recently promoted to Chief of Army Staff, tell troops make dem leave no stone unturned to find di girls. Kebbi dey between jihadist threat from Niger and criminal gangs wey dey loot villages, kidnap and kill residents across northern Nigeria. Kebbi State police talk say all di abducted girls na Muslims. But US Republican Riley Moore claim di attack happen for Christian enclave and ask followers make dem pray, echo Trump claims about Christians being persecuted.

Meanwhile, Nigeria reject dat narrative, insist say most victims dey Muslim. Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar talk say Nigeria dey discuss security with US, but no military action dey expected. Amina Hassan, wife of di murdered vice-principal Hassan Makuku, narrate how gunmen kill him for early morning attack, drag her outside, and carry away her daughter, wey later escape into di bush. Dis na second mass school abduction for Kebbi in four years; di 2021 raid involve over 100 students and staff, some marry forcefully. President Bola Tinubu confirm Brigadier General Musa Uba don die after ISWAP ambush, di highest-ranking officer wey die since 2021. ISWAP claim responsibility, say dem ambush and kill him for northern Chad. Di insurgency don kill over 40,000 people, displace nearly two million since 2009, and spread to Niger, Chad, Cameroon.