🔗 Share this article Instructor Fatally Shot and 25 Girls Abducted in Gunbattle at School in Nigeria Schools in the northern part of Nigeria have repeatedly come under attack for armed groups Weapon-carrying attackers have fatally shot an educator and kidnapped no fewer than 25 pupils in an assault against a girls' secondary school in Nigeria's northwestern region, authorities have confirmed. The criminal group invaded the comprehensive secondary school for girls in Maga, Kebbi State at approximately 04:00 local time on the beginning of the work week, police confirmed. The armed individuals "exchanged fire with security forces on duty in a gun duel" before breaching the school's outer barrier and seizing the students from their hostel, an official report indicated. An educational worker was killed while trying to protect the students. Another staff member suffered bullet injuries and is now being treated medically. Eyewitnesses described a large group of attackers, referred to locally as criminal elements, who appeared discharging weapons intermittently to create fear. Local residents told reporters that the armed men then led a group of female students into adjacent wilderness. The authorities announced they had sent "extra specialized police forces, in coordination with armed forces and vigilante groups" to the area. A coordinated search and rescue operation is currently ongoing in nearby woodlands and believed flight corridors. In the past few years, educational institutions in Nigeria's north have become frequent targets for weapon-carrying factions, who routinely perform seizures to request monetary settlements or secure advantages in discussions with officials. The attack in Kebbi State underscores the continuing safety emergency troubling the locality, leaving families in Maga in a condition of terrified weariness as they wait and hope for their young ones' unharmed reappearance. Safety emergency in Nigeria's northern territories has escalated dramatically in the past few months, with schools experiencing the greatest impact of the unrest. Essential Information Gun-wielding individuals attacked a school for young women in the northwestern part of Nigeria One teacher was killed while protecting students No fewer than 25 girl pupils were abducted from their hostel Protection agencies have initiated a recovery mission in adjacent locations Learning center raids have become increasingly common in Nigeria's northern regions