By: Yunusa Umar
President Bola Tinubu has ordered the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle to relocate to Kebbi State over the abduction of 24 schoolgirls in the state.
The New Daily Prime earlier reported the abduction of school girls by the gunmen on Monday.
In a statement released by Bayo Onanuga, the special adviser to the President on information & Strategy, said his principal ordered the minister to remain in the state to monitor security efforts to secure the release of the abducted students.
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His statement reads, “Gunmen abducted 24 students of Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Maga town, Kebbi State, around 4 am on Monday”.
“Matawalle, who is expected to arrive in Birni-Kebbi on Friday, gained some experience in dealing with banditry and mass kidnapping during his tenure as governor of Zamfara State from 2019 to 2023”
“On 26 February 2021, armed bandits abducted 279 female students aged between 10 and 17 at the Government Girls Science Secondary School, a boarding school in Jangebe, in Zamfara State. The bandits released all the hostages on 2 March 2021”, he said.
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He further said that Tinubu postponed his scheduled trip to Johannesburg, South Africa, and Luanda, Angola over abduction of the schoolgirls in Kebbi, waiting further security briefings on the kidnapped Kebbi schoolgirls and the attack on Christ Apostolic Church worshippers in Eruku, Kwara State.
