Kebbi Governor Idris vows to rescue abducted students, by all means

By Anthony Maliki, Abuja
Comrade Governor Nasir Idris of Kebbi State has vowed to rescue the 25 abducted students of Government Girls Secondary School, Maga, Danko/Wasagu local government area.
Governor Idris declared he will do whatever is humanly possible to rescue the students, after inspecting the school, monday evening.

This was contained in a statement by Abdullahi Idris Saudakin Zuru, Special Adviser on Communication and Strategy to Kebbi State Governor.
Barely an hour after the Governor’s declaration, President Bola Tinubu has expressed concern over the incident and directed the nation’s security operatives to immediately rescue the abducted students.
The visibly disturbed Governor, accompanied by the members of the state Executive Council, Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Honourable Muhammad Usman Ankwe and the security chiefs arrived at the school in the evening of Monday for a comprehensive assessment of the dastardly acts.
After the inspection visit, the Comrade Governor had a brief dialogue with the community leaders, family of the slained vice principal and some parents of the abducted students.
He sympathised with them and appealed to them to remain calm, assuring that ” i will do whatever it takes with the support of the Federal government to ensure the immediate rescue of our children.”
There after, Governor Idris proceeded to Zuru where he conveyed an emergency meeting with the heads of the security agencies in the state and traditional rulers of Zuru emirate with a view to have a comprehensive review of the existing strategies for joint appraisal with the top security chiefs being expected from Abuja as directed by President Bola Tinubu.
A combined team of security agencies, led by the Deputy Governor, Alhaji Umar Abubakar Tafida and the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Yakubu Bala Tafida Yauri have embarked on a search and rescue mission in the forest between Kebbi and Zamfara states.
While the search has been intensified, Prayers for God’s divine intervention are similarly ongoing.
It could be recalled that in the early hours of monday some heavily armed bandits have attacked Government Girls Secondary School, Maga, abducted 25 students, killed the vice principal and injured some staff.
Governor Idris has been expending resources in providing logistics support to the security agencies in the state, hosted conferences for critical stakeholders holders in the nation’s security affairs and interfaith religious Special prayer by both Islamic Scholars and Christian clerics for God’s divine intervention.