Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has announced that security operatives are nearing the location where the kidnapped Kebbi students are being held.
DAILY POST reported the abduction of 25 students from Government Girls’ Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, in Kebbi State.
The girls were kidnapped in the early hours of Monday, 17 November, during an attack by gunmen on the school, which resulted in the death of the vice principal, Malami Hassan Yakubu Makuku, and the students being taken to an undisclosed location.
In response to the incident, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu instructed Matawalle to relocate to Kebbi State to oversee military and security operations aimed at rescuing the girls.
Speaking on Friday after arriving in Kebbi, Matawalle stated, “The intelligence we have at hand shows that we are almost close to those children.”
He reassured the governor that the federal government is ready and committed to collaborating with the state government to ensure the students’ release.
The former Zamfara State Governor further added that the girls would soon be rescued and reunited with their families.
