Senator Garba Maidoki has stated that authorities have a “fair idea” of the location of the schoolgirls abducted in Kebbi State and expressed confidence that they would be rescued soon.
Speaking on Wednesday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Maidoki said the abductors had not moved the girls outside Kebbi South Senatorial District.
“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.”
Describing the abduction as the most difficult period he has experienced, Maidoki recalled, “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.”
Maidoki said he visited Maga to console the families affected by the raid. “These are people that we assured that when we win the election, there will be security. 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 rising number of school kidnappings across Nigeria. In 2014, Boko Haram abducted 276 students from Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State, of whom more than 90 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, underscoring the administration’s priority to ensure the safe return of the children. Following the attack, President Tinubu postponed planned trips to South Africa and Angola.
