The police say they have deployed operatives to the Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State, following the abduction of students from the Government Girls Comprehensive Senior Secondary School (GGCSS) in Maga by bandits.
The gunmen were said to have stormed the school on Sunday night and abducted the girls.
According to sources, the attackers killed the school’s Vice Principal, Malam Hassan Makuku, before abducting several schoolgirls.
In a statement by the Kebbi State Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Nafiu Abubakar, on Monday the police said 25 students were abducted by the bandits.
Abubakar disclosed that a combined team of additional police tactical units, military personnel, and vigilantes had been deployed in the area.
He said those deployed were currently combing the bandits’ routes and the nearby forest, with a view to rescuing the abducted students and possibly arresting the perpetrators.
The statement partly read, “On November 17, 2025, at about 0400hrs, information received revealed that a gang of armed bandits with sophisticated weapons, shooting sporadically, stormed the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, Danko district, Danko/Wasagu LGA of Kebbi State.
“The police tactical units deployed in the school engaged them in a gun duel.
“Unfortunately, the suspected bandits had already scaled through the fence of the school and abducted 25 students from their hostel to unknown destination.”
The police also confirmed the killing of the school’s vice principal during the attack.
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