Gunmen attacked a highschool in northwestern Nigeria earlier than daybreak on Monday (November 18). They took 25 schoolgirls and killed a minimum of one employees member, authorities mentioned. It’s the most recent 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 Faculty Abduction
Police mentioned 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 mentioned. The assailants have been armed with “refined weapons” and exchanged hearth with guards earlier than abducting the ladies, Kotarkoshi mentioned.
“A mixed staff 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 mentioned.
Kotarkoshi mentioned one particular person was killed and one other was injured. Nonetheless, a resident who mentioned his daughter and granddaughter have 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 have 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,” mentioned Abdulkarim Abdullahi Maga.
Kidnappings Aren’t New In Nigeria
Based on the Related Press, Nigeria is going through a multidimensional safety problem, particularly from imprecise teams of armed bandits who concentrate on kidnapping for ransoms—typically totaling hundreds 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 should not linked to militant teams similar 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.
A whole bunch 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 concern. Dozens stay in captivity.
For the reason that Chibok abductions, a minimum of 1,500 college students have been kidnapped. As talked about, armed teams have more and more discover in abductions a profitable solution to fund different crimes and management villages within the nation’s mineral-rich however poorly policed area. In March 2024, greater than 130 schoolchildren have been rescued after spending greater than two weeks in captivity within the Nigerian state of Kaduna.
Nonetheless, raids on faculties have subsided in recent times as state governments carried out safety measures in sizzling spots, together with closing faculties 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 by way of AP Newsroom.
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