A school bus of the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, where gunmen on November 17, 2025, attacked the school dormitory and abducted schoolgirls, in Kebbi, Nigeria, on November 18, 2025.
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One of 25 schoolgirls abducted from a school dormitory in northwestern Nigeria’s Kebbi State has escaped captivity and returned home, the school principal told The Associated Press on Tuesday (November 18, 2025).
The girls were abducted when gunmen attacked a high school in northwestern Nigeria before dawn on Monday (November 17), taking the 25 girls and killing a staff member at the school.
The student who escaped, fled forests and arrived home late on Monday (November 17), hours after the kidnapping at the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, said Musa Rabi Magaji, the school principal.
One other student, who was not among the 25 confirmed abducted, also escaped in the minutes that followed the attack, the principal told the AP.
Published – November 18, 2025 06:19 pm IST
