Speaking on Wednesday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme, Maidoki said the abductors have not moved the girls outside Kebbi south.
“We have a fair idea where the girls are, and we are sure they have not moved outside the Kebbi south senatorial district,” he said.
“There is high hope that the girls will return home in one or two days.”
The senator described the latest abduction as the most difficult period he has experienced.
“When we heard of the kidnapping of the Chibok girls, we thought it was too far away… today, it is right in the middle of my house,” he said.
Maidoki said he visited Maga after the attack to console families affected by the raid.
“These are people that we assured that when we win the election, there will be security,” he said.
“Security was the number one item on the agenda for my election.
“We will work with the government and other security agents to ensure these children are brought back home.
“This will not be like the Chibok girls. They will come back home.”
The abduction in Maga adds to the growing number of school kidnappings across Nigeria.
In 2014, Boko Haram abducted 276 students from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno. More than 90 of them remain missing.
Gunmen attacked Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, on Monday, killing the vice principal who tried to resist the abductors.
The federal government has directed security agencies to rescue the girls.
Vice President Kashim Shettima visited the community on Wednesday on behalf of President Bola Tinubu, stressing the administration’s priority of ensuring the children’s safe return. He said the government will deploy every available tool to secure their release.
President Tinubu has postponed planned trips to South Africa and Angola following the attack.
Faridah Abdulkadiri
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