The Digest:
A resident's account has revealed the chilling final moments of Vice Principal Hassan Makuku, who was executed by bandits during their raid on a Kebbi secondary school before they abducted 25 students, forcing his own daughter to guide them to the hostel.
Key Points:
- A resident, Malam Abdullahi, relayed the vice principal's final moments, quoting the bandits' threat: "Today is your last day."
- The bandits forced the slain official’s young daughter to lead them to the students' hostel to facilitate the mass abduction.
- The attack on Government Girls Comprehensive Senior Secondary School, Maga, occurred around 4 a.m. on Monday.
- 25 female students were kidnapped, and a security guard was shot and injured.
- President Tinubu has directed an immediate rescue operation by security and intelligence agencies.
- Army Chief Waidi Shaibu has ordered troops to conduct relentless day-and-night search operations.
- This incident revives the traumatic pattern of mass school abductions in northern Nigeria.
Sources: Premium Times, BBC Pidgin
