Police authorities have deployed additional operatives to Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State as the search intensifies for 25 schoolgirls abducted from the Government Girls Comprehensive Senior Secondary School (GGCSS), Maga.
Bandits stormed the school on Sunday night, killing the Vice Principal, Malam Hassan Makuku, before whisking several students away.
In an update on Monday, the Kebbi State Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Nafiu Abubakar, confirmed that 25 students were taken during the attack.
He said a combined security force — including police tactical units, military personnel, and local vigilantes — has been deployed and is currently combing known bandit routes and surrounding forests in an effort to rescue the girls and apprehend the attackers.
According to the police:
“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… Unfortunately, the suspected bandits had already scaled through the fence of the school and abducted 25 students from their hostel.”
The police added that the school’s Vice Principal was shot dead, while another staff member, Ali Shehu, sustained a bullet wound to his hand.
Kebbi State Commissioner of Police, CP Bello M. Sani, has reaffirmed the Command’s commitment to securing lives and property, urging residents to remain calm, vigilant, and supportive of ongoing security operations.
