President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday welcomed the release of 24 schoolgirls who were abducted by terrorists from a school in Maga Kebbi last Monday, November 17.
The terrorists struck the school at dawn, shortly after a military detachment reportedly left the premises.
According to a statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President (Information & Strategy), the President expressed his relief at the news.
“I am relieved that all the 24 girls have been accounted for. Now, we must put as a matter of urgency more boots on the ground in the vulnerable areas to avert further incidents of kidnapping. My government will offer all the assistance needed to achieve this,” Tinubu said.
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Tinubu noted that the Kebbi incident had triggered several copycat kidnappings in other states.
In Eruku, Kwara State, all 38 victims abducted were freed on Sunday.
On the same day in Papiri, Niger State, the state chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) reported that 50 of the missing students from a Catholic school had been found in their parents’ homes.
Tinubu applauded the security agents for their efforts to secure freedom for all the recently released victims.
He tasked them to make more efforts to rescue the remaining students still being held captive in other locations.
