Nigeria, Nov. 17 -- The police and the Kebbi State Government have confirmed the abduction of schoolgirls from Maga Comprehensive Girls' Secondary School in Danko Wasagu LGA.

The spokesperson of the Kebbi State Police Command, Nafiu Kotarkoshi, confirmed the attack in a statement on Monday, saying the terrorists wielded sophisticated weapons.

Explaining that the terrorists invaded the school around 4 a.m., Mr Kotarkoshi, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), said the police tactical team was"deployed" to the school and "engaged them (the armed persons) in a gun duel."

"Unfortunately, the suspected bandits had already scaled through the fence of the school and abducted twenty-five students from their hostel to an unknown destination,"...