Kebbi LG Chairman publishes names of abducted Maga schoolgirls, dispels claims of ‘Christian targeting’

By Johnson Arua

The Chairman of Danko-Wasagu Local Government Area, Hussaini Aliyu, has released the official list of the 25 schoolgirls abducted by bandits from Government Girls’ Secondary School, Maga, and dismissed reports suggesting that the victims were targeted because they were Christians.

Aliyu published the names of the abducted students across various classes as follows:

Senior Secondary School 2A

1. Fatima Sani Zimri
2. Hafsat Ibrahim
3. Nana Firdausi Jibril
4. Masauda Yakubu Romo

Senior Secondary School 2B
5. Hauwa Saleh
6. Hauwau Umar Imam

Senior Secondary School 3A & 3B
7. Salima Garba Umar
8. Salima Sani Zimri
9. Amina G. Umar
10. Rashida Muhammad Dingu
11. Saliha Umar
12. Aisha Usman
13. Jamila Iliyasu
14. Maryam Illiyasu
15. Najaatu Abdullahi
16. Zainab Kolo

Junior Secondary School 3A
17. Surraya Tukur
18. Hafsat Umar Yalmo
19. Maryam Usman
20. Amina Illiyasu
21. Ikilima Suleman

Junior Secondary School 2
22. Khadija Nazifi
23. Hauwa’u Iliyasu
24. Hauwa’u Lawali
25. Ummu Kulsum Abdulkarim

The mass abduction has once again drawn national attention to the deteriorating security situation in parts of the country and renewed scrutiny of the Safe Schools Initiative, first introduced under the Goodluck Jonathan administration to protect students and learning institutions from attacks.