By mahmoud in Kebbi
The Kebbi State Governor, Mohammed Idris, has expressed frustration over the failure to act on credible intelligence provided by the Department of State Services (DSS), which revealed a clandestine plot to attack the Government Girls’ Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, in Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area.
The governor also announced the establishment of a special investigation panel to determine how, despite the DSS intelligence and efforts by the state government, the kidnappers were still able to strike.
The panel, which will also oversee the safe return of the kidnapped students, will be headed by the State DSS director.
Suspected gunmen attacked the school in the early hours of Monday, reportedly shooting dead the vice-principal and kidnapping 25 female students. Three of the students managed to escape.
A top security source revealed that Governor Idris, who arrived at the school at about 6:45 pm on Monday, accused unnamed security agencies of sabotaging security efforts made by his administration.
“This is clear sabotage. We received credible intelligence from the DSS that this school was likely to be attacked. The DSS further advised that we convene an emergency Security Council meeting, which we did. The decision was that we would provide round-the-clock protection for the students,” said the governor.
He stated that he took the DSS report seriously, bearing in mind that the failure to act on similar intelligence led to the December 2020 kidnapping of over 300 pupils of a school in Kankara, Katsina
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