Twenty-four schoolgirls abducted from Government Girls’ Day Secondary School, Maga, in Sokoto/Kebbi border axis, have regained their freedom following coordinated security operations.
The students were kidnapped on November 17 when gunmen invaded their school community in Sakaba LGA of Kebbi State.
Confirming their release on Tuesday, an official source said the girls were rescued in the early hours of the day through joint efforts of security agencies and local volunteers. Details of the operation were not immediately disclosed for security reasons.
The source added that the girls are currently receiving medical evaluation before being reunited with their families.
The rescue brings some relief to the state, which has suffered a string of attacks on farming and school communities in recent months.
President Bola Tinubu also expressed happiness that all the 24 kidnapped schoolgirls have regained freedom.
The President, in a statement issued on Tuesday evening by his Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga,
declared “I am relieved that all the 24 girls have been accounted for.”
Tinubu applauded the security agents for all the efforts made to secure freedom for all the victims taken away by the terrorists.
He tasked the security agents to make more efforts to rescue the remaining students still being held captive.
His words: “Now, we must put as a matter of urgency more boots on the ground in the vulnerable areas to avert further incidents of kidnapping. My government will offer all the assistance needed to achieve this”.
