Nigeria, Nov. 19 -- Nigeria's First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has described Monday's abduction of 25 female students from a secondary school in Kebbi State as an assault on the values of safety and learning that schools embody.

The girls were abducted by bandits from the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, in Danko Wasagu Local Government Area before sunrise on Monday.

Mrs Tinubu, in a statement, said she was deeply saddened by the news of the abduction and the tragic killing of the school's vice principal, Hassan Makuku.

"This heartbreaking incident is not only an attack on innocent girls and dedicated educators, but an assault on the values of safety and learning that schools embody.

"Mr President (President Bola Tinu...