Governor alleges: Military withdrew from Kebbi school before abduction of students

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Nasir Idris, governor of Kebbi, has raised concern over the “withdrawal of military personnel” from Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, shortly before bandits abducted several students.

Idris spoke on Friday in Birnin Kebbi while receiving Joe Ajaero, president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), who visited the state to commiserate with him over the attack.He said the development was troubling, especially as the state had earlier obtained intelligence indicating a likely assault and promptly convened a security meeting to address it.“As a responsive government, when we received intelligence on a possible attack, we summoned a security meeting,” NAN quoted the governor sa saying

“The security agencies assured us that all was well and that personnel would be mobilised to the school.

“The military was deployed, but they later withdrew by 3 am, and by 3:45 am, the incident happened.”

Idris also said the state had demanded a thorough inquiry into the circumstances that led to the withdrawal of troops.

“Who authorised the military to withdraw?” How did security personnel pull out at such a critical time? That is our concern. We have asked the military to investigate and identify who gave that order,” the governor said. Thecable