Hussaini Aliyu, chairman of Danko/Wasagu LGA in Kebbi, has released names of the 25 schoolgirls abducted by bandits from the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga.
The list of the kidnapped students, seen by TheCable, is organised according to their class categories.
The 25 students were abducted on Monday morning bandits attacked the school, killing Hassan Yakubu Makuku, the vice- principal, of the school dead and injuring a security guard.
Bello Sani, commissioner of police in Kebbi, said additional police tactical units, alongside military personnel and vigilante groups, have been deployed in the area.
Sani said the combined team is currently combing suspected escape routes and surrounding forests in a coordinated search-and-rescue operation aimed at recovering the abducted students and apprehending the perpetrators.
Waidi Shaibu, chief of army staff (COAS), has also directed troops of Operation FANSAN YANMA to leave no stone unturned in the ongoing search-and-rescue operation for the abducted students.
Shaibu ordered the soldiers to intensify day and night operations until all the kidnapped schoolgirls are safely rescued.
President Bola Tinubu has also requested updates from Vice-President Kashim Shettima, who visited Kebbi on his behalf, as well as reports from the police and the Department of State Services (DSS) on the situation.
See the full list below.
1. Fatima Sani Zimri
2. Hafsat Ibrahim
3. Nana Firdausi Jibril
4. Masauda Yakubu Romo
Senior Secondary School 2B
5. Hauwa Saleh
6. Hauwa’u Umar Imam
Senior Secondary School 3A & 3B
7. Salima Garba Umar
8. Salima Sani Zimri
9. Amina G. Umar
10. Rashida Muhammad Dingu
11. Saliha Umar
12. Aisha Usman
13. Jamila Iliyasu
14. Maryam Illiyasu
15. Najaatu Abdullahi
16. Zainab Kolo
Junior Secondary School 3A
17. Surraya Tukur
18. Hafsat Umar Yalmo
19. Maryam Usman
20. Amina Illiyasu
21. Ikilima Suleman
Junior Secondary School
22. Khadija Nazifi
23. Hauwa’u Iliyasu
24. Hauwa’u Lawali
25. Ummu Kulsum Abdulkarim
