Kebbi State
President Muhammadu Buhari has mandated 7 governors of the northwest geopolitical zone to end banditry in the region following the country's security challenges
Parents of the schoolgirls abducted from the Federal Girls’ College Yawuri, Kebbi state, have been informed by bandits that their daughters are already married.
One of the students of the recently attacked school in Kebbi on Thursday, June 17, told newsmen that the armed and heartless abductors may not be Nigerians.
Shehu Sani, a former federal lawmaker from Kaduna, on Saturday, June 26, suggested training in self-defence as a solution for the constant kidnap of students.
The federal government, through the ministry of education, has said that it is working on mechanisms to rescue abducted students and teachers in Kebbi state.
As reported by the Nigerian Union of Teachers in Kebbi, the government has shut down about seven schools said to be vulnerable to attacks by armed bandits.
Governor Bagudu said that if hundreds of thousands of people can be mobilised during campaigns, adding that same should be done now to join the search party.
In a recent raid carried out by Nigerian Army troops of Operation Hadarin Daji, some students of Federal Government College Birnin Yawuri, Kebbi were rescued.
One of the students abducted from the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, Kebbi state, has died in an exchange of gunfire between soldiers and bandits.
Kebbi State
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