🔗 Share this article Instructor Fatally Shot and 25 Girls Abducted in Armed Clash at Educational Institution in Nigeria Learning centers in the northern part of Nigeria have become frequent targets for weapon-wielding factions Weapon-carrying attackers have killed a teacher and kidnapped no fewer than 25 pupils in an attack on a girls' secondary school in north-western Nigeria, according to police. The criminal group breached the comprehensive secondary school for girls in the Maga locality within Kebbi State at roughly 4 in the morning local time on the beginning of the work week, police confirmed. The assailants "exchanged fire with security forces on duty in a gun duel" before scaling the perimeter fence and abducting the learners from their dormitory, an official report indicated. An educational worker was killed while trying to protect the students. An additional employee received firearm injuries and is now receiving treatment. Observers recounted a considerable contingent of armed individuals, referred to locally as criminal elements, who appeared discharging weapons intermittently to cause panic. Local residents disclosed to media that the attackers afterwards forced a number of girls into surrounding rural areas. The law enforcement confirmed they had positioned "supplementary tactical squads, together with army members and local protection units" to the area. A systematic finding and recovery effort is currently ongoing in nearby woodlands and suspected escape routes. In recent years, educational institutions in Nigeria's north have regularly come under attack for armed groups, who often carry out abductions to demand financial compensation or secure advantages in discussions with officials. The assault in Kebbi State highlights the persistent security crisis troubling the locality, causing relatives in Maga in a state of fearful exhaustion as they expect and desire their young ones' unharmed reappearance. Security crisis in northern Nigeria has worsened considerably in the past few months, with learning centers experiencing the greatest impact of the conflict. Key Points Weapon-carrying assailants attacked a school for young women in north-western Nigeria One teacher was killed while protecting students A minimum of 25 young women were abducted from their hostel Law enforcement have launched a rescue operation in surrounding areas Learning center raids have escalated in regularity in the northern part of the country