The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), Kebbi State chapter, has strongly condemned the killing and mass abduction that rocked Kebbi State between Sunday and Monday, November 16–17, 2025, described the incidents as barbaric, disturbed and inhumane.
In a statement issued on Wednesday by its Chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Bello Umar, MURIC expressed deep concern over the killing of civilians in Makirin village and the abduction of 25 female students from Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School (GGCCSS), Maga.
The organisation also lamented the earlier kidnapping and subsequent killing of the Ameer of the Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria (MSSN), Yauri Area Council, Malam Alqasim Uthman Ibrahim, which occurred just hours before the school attack.
MURIC described the attacks as “egregious, callous and cowardly,” stressing that they amount to grave violations of human rights, an assault on education, and a major threat to national security.
The group also condemned the killing of the Vice Principal of the school, Mallam Hassan Makuku, and the injury inflicted on the school guard, expressing solidarity with the abducted students, their families, teachers and the affected communities.
Calling for urgent government action, MURIC urged the Federal Government, the Kebbi State Government and security agencies to intensify search-and-rescue efforts, noting that President Tinubu’s directive to recover the abducted girls “must not be taken with levity.”
MURIC dismissed narratives suggesting that the attack occurred in a Christian enclave, calling such claims misleading.
“There is no Christian enclave in the affected area. The vice principal who was killed was a Muslim, and the parents seen in news footages are Muslims. This abduction is a criminal act with no religious or ethnic dimension,” the group stated.
It further called for stronger border-state collaboration among Kebbi, Zamfara and Niger to block safe routes used by bandits, and urged the deployment of more security personnel to vulnerable schools and remote communities.
The organisation also appealed for trauma support, counseling and assistance for affected families, and encouraged imams across the state to activate Qunut prayers for the safe return of the abducted girls and for peace in Kebbi and Nigeria.
MURIC stressed the need for legislative, judicial and executive synergy in enacting and enforcing punitive measures against banditry and kidnapping, insisting that perpetrators and collaborators must be arrested and prosecuted.
“This tragedy must not be treated as a localized incident. It is a national crisis that demands urgent, decisive and sustained action,” Dr. Umar said.
“The safe return of these girls and the prevention of future attacks is not negotiable.”
The organisation reiterated that this is not a time for political, religious or ethnic blame games, but for a united national response.
