The Kebbi State Police Command has confirmed the attack on Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School (GGCSS) at Maga, Kebbi State, saying that a total of 25 students were abducted by bandits in the early Monday morning invasion.
The bandits also shot the principal and killed the Vice Principal.
Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Nafiu Abubakar, confirmed to Daily Trust that the bandit attackers scaled the school’s fence to carry out the attack.
Abubakar said the bandits were armed with sophisticated weapons, shot sporadically before whisking away 25 the 25 female students.
He said: “The Police tactical units deployed in the school engaged them into a gun duel but the suspected bandits had already abducted them in their hostel.”
Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Ahmed Idris, disclosed that the Deputy Governor, Senator Umar Tafida, had been dispatched to the school to assess the situation on behalf of Governor Nasir Idris, who is currently out of the State.
“The Deputy Governor is on his way to know the exact situation. The governor is not in the state for now, but his deputy will go on his behalf until he returns at any moment from now,” Idris said.
Maga, a community located in Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of the State, has come under a series of attacks recently.
Commenting on the latest attack in the town, a resident of Maga, Aliyu Yakubu, said the bandits invaded the school around 5 am on Monday without any resistance.
He said the school principal, Makuku was shot while trying to protect the students during the attack.
“He was shot as he tried to protect his students from being taken by the bandits. It’s a great loss for the community and the school,” be said.
Written with additional reports from Daily Trust
