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News Analysis: How Security Negligence Enabled The Kebbi School Girls Abduction

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"uANXbWt0" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"JY7iutHD" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>By Yusuf Danjuma Yunusa<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to HumAngle report&comma; an early-morning attack was launched by terrorists on the Government Girls’ Comprehensive Secondary School&comma; Maga&comma; in the Danko Wasagu Local Government Area &lpar;LGA&rpar; of Kebbi State&comma; North West Nigeria&comma; abducting scores of students on the 17th of November&comma; 2025&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"hclJ6r50" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The assault took place around 4&colon;00 a&period;m&period;&comma; shortly before dawn prayers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Maga District Head&comma; Muhammad Dantani&comma; has raised serious concerns over the role of the Nigerian military in the recent attack on Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Kebbi State&comma; where armed bandits killed a staff member and abducted 25 students&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking to Sunday PUNCH&comma; Dantani described the incident as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;extremely distressing and heartbreaking for the entire Maga community&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>He recounted how bandits stormed the school in the early hours&comma; killing Malam Hassan Makuku&comma; a committed Islamic scholar and the school’s Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria patron&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;They also shot the school’s watchman&comma; who happens to be my uncle&period; From there&comma; they moved into the students’ hostel area&comma; creating panic and fear&comma;” he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The district head explained that when he received news of the attack at around 4&colon;30 a&period;m&period;&comma; he immediately called the school principal and mobilised to assess the situation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Initially&comma; it seemed 27 students were missing&period; However&comma; during verification&comma; we discovered that one student had returned in the middle of the night&comma; and another escaped on her own&period; By 7 a&period;m&period;&comma; after thorough checking&comma; we confirmed that 25 students had been abducted&comma;” he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It was a painful realisation because these girls are our children&comma; from our community&comma; and their safety is our responsibility&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Dantani said that security arrangements had been reinforced before the attack due to intelligence reports suggesting a possible raid&period; Police officers were stationed around the school&comma; army troops were deployed nearby&comma; and local vigilantes were mobilized&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>How Come The Terrorists Were Able to Strike And Abduct The Students&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to Dantani&comma; the school came under attack few minutes after the departure of the security operatives from the premises&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;But unknown to us&comma; they left the school around 1 a&period;m&period;&comma; just a short time before the attack began&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Dantani said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Who Gave The Order for Their Withdrawal&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As at the time of filing this report&comma; no tangible reason has been given as to why the soldiers left the school premises&comma; and no one has mentioned who ordered them to withdraw&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When the state governor&comma; Nasir Idris&comma; arrived at the scene&comma; he demanded to know why the soldiers left the school environment but the army commandant present gave no reason&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;When the governor arrived after the incident&comma; he was understandably furious&period; The army commandant present apologised on behalf of the military and acknowledged that the situation was mishandled&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Dantani disclosed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The pertinent questions on this troubling development are&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>1&period; Who gave the soldiers order to depart from the school&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>2&period; And why was the order given&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Consequently&comma; the governor has directed that a high-powered investigative committee be set up&period; This committee includes the DSS&comma; the police&comma; the school principal&comma; and other relevant authorities&period; Their mandate is to uncover the real reason behind the troop withdrawal and identify any possible negligence or compromise&comma; Nigerian Tracker News can report&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad5" id&equals;"quads-ad5" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; 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