One of the schoolgirls abducted from Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, in Kebbi State, has escaped and returned home, officials confirmed on Monday.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that the school’s principal, Musa Rabi Magaji, told the Associated Press that the girl managed to break free “within minutes” of the attack. He added that another student — who was not among the abducted group — also made it back safely.
Magaji said, “One is part of the 25 abducted, and the other one returned earlier. They are safe and sound.”
The attackers had stormed the school in the early hours of Sunday, killing the vice principal, Malam Hassan Yakubu Makuku. Several other bodies were reportedly found on the school premises following the raid.
In response, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Waidi Shaibu, ordered troops under Operation FANSAN YANMA to step up search-and-rescue efforts.
During his visit to Kebbi on Monday, Shaibu instructed soldiers to maintain unrelenting pressure. He directed them to continue “day-and-night operations until all abducted schoolgirls are safely recovered.”
