Kebbi School Abduction: Two Girls Escaped From Abductors , Remaining 24- Govt Clarifies

Two of the 26 girls being abducted by the bandits from the Government Girls Comprehensive Senior Secondary School (GGCSS) in Maga, have escaped, still remaining 24 in captivity , the Kebbi State Government has clarified 

The State Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Halima Bande, made the clarification while speaking to Channels Television in Zuru on Tuesday, monitored by Edu-biznews 

Bande explained that bandits abducted 26 girls during the invasion, but two later managed to escape, 24 schoolgirls remain in captivity.

She identified the students who escaped as Salma and Hauwa’u Liman, confirming that they are now back and safe.

Only two have escaped so far,” she stressed.

“This is a tragedy that has put everyone around us in trauma. We don’t know where they sleep, the food they eat, or the environment they are in,” Bande said.

The Commissioner also urged the general public to avoid spreading misleading information about the abduction, noting that there has been a lot of unauthentic information circulating about the incident.

“Therefore, I implore journalists and media outlets to rely only on authentic information regarding the incident,” she said.