Bandits Storm Girls Secondary School, Kill Principal, Abduct Girls

Bandits have struck again, at a girls’ secondary school, killing the vice principal and abducting female students.

The early Monday attack happened at the Government Girls Comprehensive Senior Secondary School (GGCSS), Maga, Danko Wasagu area of Kebbi State.

The Vice-Principal, Hassan Yakubu Makuku, who was trying to protect the students from being taken away was shot and killed.

An unspecified number of female students were abducted, in the attack which have left both guardians and villagers in fear.

An eyewitness and resident of Maga, Aliyu Yakubu said the bandits invaded the school around 5 am on without any resistance.

“The attack has created panic among residents of Maga. We are now in fear and mourning”, he was quoted as saying, adding that vice principal Makuku was shot while trying to protect the students during the attack.

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“He was shot as he tried to protect his students from being taken by the bandits. It’s a great loss for the community and the school”, be said.

The latest attack on a Girls Secondary School brings to mind similar attacks in the past, and has again underscored the point that there is need to position security in these schools to reduce incidences of this nature.