Amanze Chinonye
President Tinubu on Tuesday welcomed the release of 24 schoolgirls abducted by terrorists in Maga, Kebbi State, last Monday, charging security agencies to intensify efforts to free all remaining victims still in captivity across the country.
The girls were taken on November 17 during a dawn attack on their school, carried out just minutes after a military detachment reportedly left the premises. The abduction sparked a wave of similar incidents, including kidnappings in Eruku, Kwara State, and Papiri in Niger State.
Authorities confirmed that all 38 victims seized in Eruku were freed on Sunday. The same day, the Niger State chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria announced that 50 missing students from a Catholic school in the state had been located in their parents’ homes, easing fears of a larger-scale abduction.
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In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, President Tinubu commended security agencies for their coordinated operations that led to the girls’ release, but insisted that more must be done to protect schools and vulnerable communities.
“I am relieved that all the 24 girls have been accounted for,” the President said. “Now, we must, as a matter of urgency, put more boots on the ground in vulnerable areas to avert further incidents of kidnapping. My government will offer all the assistance needed to achieve this.”
He directed security formations to sustain and expand search-and-rescue operations to ensure that all abducted persons across the country are safely returned to their families.
The President also reiterated his administration’s commitment to strengthening national security architecture to prevent a recurrence of school-targeted attacks that have plagued several northern states in recent years.
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