UPDATED: Kebbi Schoolgirls Abduction: Security agencies had intelligence before attack, Tinubu confirms
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Summary: Community leaders earlier said there was intelligence before the attack, and the Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris, instructed soldiers at the Ribah junction checkpoint to mobilise to the school.
The presidency has confirmed that security agencies had not worked on “intelligence warnings” that could have prevented Monday’s abduction of 25 students of the Government Comprehensive Girls’ Secondary School, Maga, in the Danko Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State.
The Presidency stated this in a statement by Bayo Onanuga late Tuesday.
The statement also stated that President Bola Tinubu has asked Vice President Kashim Shettima to visit Kebbi State on Wednesday to sympathise with the state government and assure paren
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