Hussaini Aliyu, chairman of Danko/Wasagu LGA in Kebbi, has released names of the 25 schoolgirls abducted by bandits from the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga.
The list of the kidnapped students is organised according to their class categories.
The 25 students were abducted on Monday morning bandits attacked the school, killing Hassan Yakubu Makuku, the vice- principal, of the school dead and injuring a security guard.
Bello Sani, commissioner of police in Kebbi, said additional police tactical units, alongside military personnel and vigilante groups, have been deployed in the area.
Sani said the combined team is currently combing suspected escape routes and surrounding forests in a coordinated search-and-rescue operation aimed at recovering the abducted students and apprehending the perpetrators.
Waidi Shaibu, chief of army staff (COAS), has also directed troops of Operation FANSAN YANMA to leave no stone unturned in the ongoing search-and-rescue operation for the abducted students.
Shaibu ordered the soldiers to intensify day and night operations until all the kidnapped schoolgirls are safely rescued.
President Bola Tinubu has also requested updates from Vice-President Kashim Shettima, who visited Kebbi on his behalf, as well as reports from the police and the Department of State Services (DSS) on the situation.
See full list:
NAMES OF ABDUCTED STUDENTS OF GOVERNMENT GIRLS’ COMPREHENSIVE SECONDARY SCHOOL MAGA DANKO WASAGU ON 16 NOVEMBER, 2025
SSS 3A AND B
1. Salima Garba Umar Senchi
2. Salima Sani Zirmi
3. Amina G. Umar
4. Rashida Mohammed Dungu
5. Saliha Umar
6. Aisha Usman
7. Jamila Ilyasu
8. Maryam Ilyasu
9. Naja-atu Abdullahi
10. Zaniab Kolo SSS 2A
11. Faitma Sani Zimri
12. Hafsat Ibrahim
13. Nana Fiddausi Jibrin
14. Mas’uda Yakubu Tomo
SSS 2B
15. Hauwa’u Saleh
JSS 3A
16. Surayya Tukur
17. Hafsat Umar Yalmo
18. Mary Usman
19. Amina Ilyasu
20. Ikilima Suleiman
JSS 2
21. Khadija Nazifi
22. Hauwa’u Ilyasu
23. Hauwa’u Lawali
24. Ummulkursim Abdul-Karim
25. Ummu Kulsum Abdulkarim
