One Of 25 Kebbi Schoolgirls Wey Bandits Carry Don Escape

One of di 25 schoolgirls wey bandits carry comot from Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School for Maga, Kebbi State don escape and dey safe, authorities confirm on Tuesday. Di girls wey dem kidnap before day break on Monday, when gunmen attack di school, don dey hunted by hunters and security forces as dem dey try find di rest wey still miss. School principal, Musa Rabi Magaji, yarn say di first girl wey escape reach house late Monday, while another student manage run comot during di attack and no follow dem go. “Dem dey safe and sound,” Magaji tell di Associated Press. Video wey AP verify show di two girls, wey be early teens, dey with family for village.

Di attack make security forces sharply respond as Chief of Army Staff, Maj. Gen. Waidi Shaibu, order troops of Operation FANSAN YANMA make dem intensify search-and-rescue mission. Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris, visit di school Monday, promise say dem go act quickly to rescue di girls. Lt. Gen. Shaibu yarn say, “We must find these children. Act decisively and professionally on all intelligence. Success is not optional.” Families for Maga still dey shock as dem recount di predawn attack. Resident Abdulkarim Abdullahi yarn say dem hear gunshots for school, while Amina Hassan, wife of di vice principal wey bandits kill, describe how dem come for her husband. President Bola Tinubu send Vice President Kashim Shettima go Kebbi to meet grieving families and assure say government dey work to bring di girls back safe and quick. Di remaining girls never show as security teams still dey hunt dem, di raid na part of bigger wahala wey dey northern Nigeria wey involve bandits and farmers.