Gunmen Kill Vice Principal, Kidnap 25 Schoolgirls For Kebbi

Gunmen from one criminal gang don kidnap 25 people and kill one staff for one girls’ secondary school for northwestern Nigeria early Monday morning, police talk so. Di attack happen more than ten years after nearly 300 Chibok girls dem bin abduct, wey make international wahala. Police talk say di gang wey carry “sophisticated weapons” dey fire anyhow, waka enter Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School for Kebbi State around 4:00 am (0300 GMT). Police rush come, but di gang don already scale fence carry away twenty-five students from dia hostel go unknown place. During di attack, di school deputy head don die after dem shoot am, while one security guard injure, report wey dem prepare for United Nations talk so.

Military, police tactical units and local vigilantes don deploy go di area dey comb di routes and forest wey di bandits fit hide to rescue di abducted students and catch di gang, police talk. Nigeria northwest don dey see plenty heavily armed gangs wey dey steal cattle, raid villages, kidnap and kill people, dey burn house and loot since some years. Di northwest dey among di worst areas for kidnapping. Since 2009 when Boko Haram start, armed violence don dey spread Nigeria, mostly northeast. From Chibok to Kuriga, plus other kidnapping wey Save di Children report say over 1,680 pupils don dey kidnapped for schools between 2014-2022, di wahala dey continue. Despite negotiation, peace deals and vigilante deployment, critics talk say di kidnapping crisis don commot hand.