🔗 Share this article 24 Nigerian-born Schoolgirls Freed Over a Week Post Abduction A group of two dozen Nigerian female students captured from the educational institution over a week ago are now free, government officials stated. Attackers raided the Government Girls Comprehensive Senior Secondary School situated within Kebbi State recently, taking the life of an employee while capturing multiple pupils. Nigerian President Bola Tinubu commended military personnel for their "quick action" post-occurrence - despite the fact that the circumstances regarding their liberation remained unclear. West Africa's dominant power has witnessed multiple incidents of captures over the past few years - including over two hundred fifty youths abducted from faith-based academy recently yet to be located. Via official communication, a special adviser within the government confirmed that every student captured at learning institution within the region had returned safely, mentioning that this event caused imitation captures within additional Nigerian states. The president said that additional forces are being positioned towards high-risk zones to avert additional occurrences involving abductions". Via additional communication on X, the president wrote: "Military aviation will continue ongoing monitoring throughout isolated territories, synchronising operations alongside land forces to properly detect, separate, disturb, and counteract any dangerous presence." Over numerous youths got captured from educational institutions since 2014, when multiple young women were taken hostage amid the well-known Chibok mass abduction. On Friday, a minimum of 300 children and staff were taken from an educational institution, faith-based academy, located within Niger state. Half a hundred individuals captured at learning institution managed to get away according to faith-based groups - however no fewer than 250 remain unaccounted for. The main Catholic cleric across the territory has stated that national authorities is making "little substantial action" to recover those still missing. This kidnapping at the school marked the third instance affecting the nation within seven days, forcing President Bola Tinubu to cancel journey to the G20 summit organized within the African country at the weekend to manage the crisis. UN education envoy the official called on the international community to "do our utmost" to support efforts to bring back captured students. The representative, ex-British leader, commented: "It's also incumbent on us to make certain Nigerian schools provide protected areas for studying, instead of locations where children can be plucked from learning environments through unlawful means."