Two dozen Nigerian-born Schoolgirls Freed Over a Week Following Kidnapping
A total of two dozen West African girls captured from a learning facility eight days prior were liberated, national leadership stated.
Attackers raided the Government Girls Comprehensive Senior Secondary School located in northwestern region recently, taking the life of an employee and seizing multiple pupils.
Nigerian President the president praised security forces concerning the "quick action" post-occurrence - while precise conditions surrounding their freedom were not specified.
West Africa's dominant power has witnessed multiple incidents of abductions over the past few years - amounting to numerous students captured at a Catholic school recently remaining unaccounted for.
Via official communication, a designated representative to the president asserted that all the girls taken from the school located in the area had returned safely, noting that the occurrence triggered imitation captures in two other regional provinces.
The president said that extra staff will be assigned in sensitive locations to stop further incidents involving abductions".
Via additional communication on X, Tinubu commented: "Aerial forces is to maintain continuous surveillance over the most remote areas, synchronising operations with ground units to effectively identify, isolate, disturb, and eliminate any dangerous presence."
More than numerous youths got captured from Nigerian schools in recent years, during which two hundred seventy-six students were taken hostage amid the infamous large-scale kidnapping.
Recently, no fewer than 300 children and staff were taken from St Mary's School, religious educational establishment, in Nigeria's Niger state.
Half a hundred individuals taken from the school managed to get away as reported by religious organizations - yet approximately numerous individuals haven't been located.
The main church official in the region has mentioned that the administration is making "insufficient measures" to save those still missing.
This kidnapping at the school was the third affecting the nation in a week, compelling President Bola Tinubu to cancel journey international conference taking place in South Africa at the weekend to deal with the situation.
United Nations representative the diplomat requested the international community to make maximum effort" to assist initiatives to return captured students.
Brown, ex-British leader, said: "We also have responsibility to guarantee that educational institutions remain secure environments for learning, rather than places where children can be plucked from educational settings for criminal profit."
