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Nigeria: Families in agony as gunmen abduct 25 schoolgirls, killing a staff member

Gunmen attacked a high school in northwestern Nigeria before dawn on Monday, abducting 25 schoolgirls and killing at least one staff member, in a tragic incident that has left communities and families devastated.

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00:00Gunmen attacked a high school in northwestern Nigeria before dawn on Monday,
00:04abducting 25 schoolgirls and killing at least one staff member
00:08in a tragic incident that has left communities and families.
00:11Devastated families are now going through pain while staring at this unresolved trauma.
00:17It comes with huge economic, illicit economic gains for them
00:20because government wouldn't want to be painted in the bad light,
00:24like weak and incapable of protecting the people.
00:28Go and look to today, more than a decade after Chibok's abduction.
00:34It is still a major conversation in the country now.
00:37So this is what gives global traction to terrorist activities.
00:44The kidnappings are met with public sorrow and anger,
00:47highlighting public perception that the government remains vulnerable
00:50and unable to protect its citizens.
00:53If, for instance, let's say people have been kidnapped in the market,
00:57it doesn't go far.
00:59If people have been kidnapped on the road, it doesn't go far.
01:02What gains traction is when strategic kidnapping like school, children.
01:08I'm very sure tomorrow we will see UNICEF issuing statements,
01:11Save the Children issuing statements,
01:13international agencies issuing statements.
01:16It gives the traction that feeds into the propaganda machinery of those terrorist groups.
01:23Nigeria continues to rail from complex security challenges.
01:27The emotional toll is heavy as amorphous groups of armed bandits
01:30who specialize in kidnapping for ransom
01:32have traumatized hundreds of families across northern regions
01:35through high-profile abductions, often demanding exorbitant sums.
01:40Amen.
01:40Amen.
01:40Amen.
01:41Amen.
01:42...
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