The lawmaker representing Kebbi South, Senator Garba Maidoki, has expressed confidence that the schoolgirls abducted in the state will be rescued soon.
Maidoki gave the assurance on Wednesday during an interview, days after gunmen kidnapped about 25 students from Government Girls’ Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, in Kebbi State.
“We have a fair idea where the girls are, and we are sure they have not been moved outside the Kebbi South Senatorial District,” he said on the programme. “There is high hope that the girls will return home in one or two days.”
The attack occurred on Monday and resulted in the death of the school’s vice principal, who was reportedly killed while attempting to prevent the gunmen from abducting the students.
The Federal Government has since directed security agencies to commence a coordinated rescue operation. On Wednesday, Vice President Kashim Shettima visited the affected community on the instruction of President Bola Tinubu.
Shettima reiterated the President’s priority of ensuring the girls’ safe return and commended security agencies for their efforts so far.
The abduction has revived painful memories of the 2014 Chibok attack, during which scores of schoolgirls were taken by gunmen in one of the earliest mass kidnappings from learning institutions in Nigeria.
