Kebbi Govt rebukes Maidoki’s banditry criticism
The Kebbi State Government dismisses Senator Garba Maidoki’s banditry-related criticisms and allegations about security project failures.
The Kebbi State Government dismisses Senator Garba Maidoki’s banditry-related criticisms and allegations about security project failures.
“1 Billion naira was paid to band!ts by the present government of Kaduna. They are paying bandits. They apologise to bandits. If the governor or anyone in government disagrees, let them come out to deny it, we have the evidence and proof”
-Nasir ElRufai.
Security expert Sadeeq Shehu says Governor Nasir Idris’ claim that troops were withdrawn shortly before the Kebbi schoolgirls’ abduction is too serious to ignore and must be fully investigated, warning that the incident exposes major failures in Nigeria’s Safe School programme.
Residents of Papiri community say bandits sent two prior warning letters to St. Mary’s Catholic Missionary School before the attack that led to the mass abduction of students in Niger State.
Kebbi State Governor Nasir Idris has demanded a full military investigation after troops withdrew from a girls’ school less than an hour before bandits abducted dozens of students despite the state providing prior intelligence alerts.
Kebbi governor Nasir Idris alleges that soldiers withdrew from the school hours before bandits abducted students, demanding to know “who authorised the military to withdraw?”
Terrorists have kidnapped an unconfirmed number of pupils from a secondary school in Nasarawa, just hours after a similar abduction in Niger State, intensifying concerns over escalating school-targeted attacks across the North-Central region.
Security agencies in Niger State have launched a coordinated forest search to rescue students abducted during a terrorist attack on St. Mary Secondary School
Afenifere has urged President Bola Tinubu to overhaul Nigeria’s security architecture, alleging that recent terrorist attacks in Kwara and Kebbi indicate “insider collusion,” sabotage and intelligence leaks within the system.
President Tinubu has instructed Defence Minister Bello Matawalle to relocate to Kebbi State to monitor security efforts following the abduction of 25 schoolgirls.