Nigeria, Nov. 18 -- Two out of the 25 abducted female students of the Government Girls Secondary School, Maga, Kebbi state, have reportedly escaped from their captors.

According to Hussaini Aliyu, an official from Danko Wasagu LGA, the BBC reported that the two students ran away as they were being led into the bushes by the bandits and escaped across farmland.

Aliyu said the girls were "back and are safe", noting that one of them needed medical treatment as she had wounded her leg while fleeing.

The Informant247 had earlier reported how bandits attacked the school on Sunday night wisked away 25 female students during the raid.

Nafi'u Kotarkoshi, police spokesperson in Kebbi, said Hassan Makuku, the school's vice principal, lost his li...