ABUJA – President Bola Tinubu has directed the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, to immediately relocate to Kebbi State to oversee efforts to secure the release of 24 abducted schoolgirls.
The directive comes after gunmen kidnapped the students from the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Maga town in the early hours of Monday.
Matawalle, the former governor of Zamfara State, is expected to bring his experience in handling banditry and mass kidnappings to the situation. During his tenure, Zamfara faced a similar incident in 2021 with the abduction of 279 students from Jangebe, who were later released.
In a related development, President Tinubu has postponed his scheduled trips to South Africa and Angola to receive further security briefings on the abduction and other recent attacks.
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