"Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has postponed his trip to South Africa for the Group of 20 summit, promising to intensify efforts to rescue 24 schoolgirls abducted by armed men earlier this week. The president's spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, said in a statement on Wednesday that Tinubu suspended his departure in light of the girls' abduction and a separate church attack in which gunmen killed two people."
"The schoolgirls were abducted by unidentified armed men from a secondary school in the northwestern town of Maga in Kebbi State late on Sunday night. The attackers exchanged gunfire with police before scaling the perimeter fence and abducting the students. One of the girls managed to escape, authorities said, but the school's vice principal was killed. No group immediately claimed responsibility for abducting the girls, and their motivation was unclear."
"Authorities say the gunmen are mostly former herders who have taken up arms against farming communities after clashes between them over strained resources. In a separate attack on a church in western Nigeria on Tuesday, armed men killed two people during a service that was recorded and broadcast online. Supporters of United States President Donald Trump have seized on the violence to embolden their claim that Christians are under attack in Nigeria."
Bola Tinubu postponed his trip to South Africa for the G20 summit and pledged to intensify efforts to rescue 24 schoolgirls abducted by armed men. Spokesperson Bayo Onanuga said the departure was suspended because of the abduction and a separate church attack where gunmen killed two people. The schoolgirls were taken from a secondary school in Maga, Kebbi State after attackers exchanged fire with police, scaled the perimeter fence and abducted students; one escaped and a vice principal was killed. No group claimed responsibility and motives remain unclear. Authorities say the gunmen are mostly former herders who took up arms after clashes over resources.
Read at www.aljazeera.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]