Amina Hassan has shared a painful account of how armed bandits killed her husband, the vice principal of Government Girls’ Comprehensive Secondary School Gada in Kebbi State, during the kidnapping of 25 schoolgirls from a nearby school.
The distressing attack happened early on Monday, leaving families in deep fear as security agencies confirmed the students’ abduction.
Police confirm 25 students kidnapped
The Kebbi Police Command earlier stated that heavily armed attackers invaded the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Maga, Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area.
The Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Nafi’u Abubakar Kotarkoshi, said one staff member was killed and another injured during the 4am attack.
Bandits scale fence and storm hostel
According to the police, the bandits climbed the school fence, forced their way into the hostel, and engaged the officers on guard in a fierce gun battle.
Inside the compound, they killed a staff member and injured another before escaping with the girls.
Wife recounts husband’s final moments
In an interview with DW, Amina Hassan described the terrifying night.
She said the family was asleep when unusual footsteps woke her around 3:30am.
Amina explained that she initially thought cows had entered their farm. She alerted her husband before realising armed men were already inside their home.
She said: “My name is Amina Hassan, wife of vice principal of Government girls comprehensive secondary school Gada, Kebbi State killed by armed bandits.”
She continued: “We were sleeping around 3:30 am when I heard the footsteps of the armed men around the house and school hostel and I wake my husband that cows are invading our farms, in the process of waking him up from sleep I heard our door open, I notice it was human being with guns and on Army camouflage uniform.”
Husband allowed to pray before being killed
Amina said the attackers threatened her husband before killing him.
She said: “They threatened to kill my husband if he did anything strange. My husband pleaded that they should allow him to pray before they executed him, they allowed him and he was shot after saying his last prayer. When I try to go close to his coups they threatened to kill me too if I dared to go near my husband.”
Amina added that the bandits also attempted to abduct her.
She said: “Then they asked me to follow them and I refused, I told them after killing my husband they wanted to take me away. I will not follow them, they asked the kids to go inside and lay down.
“After the whole thing when they left the scene I and I attempted to leave the house with the kids. I noticed they were all around the house and the school hostels. They sounded the whole place.”
Attackers wore camouflage uniforms
Amina identified the attackers as young men in army camouflage uniforms.
She said three entered the hostel while several others stayed outside, and their voices suggested they could be Fulani.
She said: “They were wearing army camouflage uniforms and they were all young men. Three of them intern at the hostel while the rest were outside the building. And from their voices when I heard them speaking one could indicate they are Fulanis.”
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WATCH: “They Were Young Men In Army Camouflage, Speaking Fulani” – Wife Of Kebbi Vice Principal Killed By Bandits Recounts Abduction
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