Schoolgirl escapes as search continues for 24 others abducted in Nigeria

Mourners gather at the house of Hassan Yakubu Makuku, vice-principal of the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, where gunmen attacked the school dormitory, abducted schoolgirls, and killed him, in Kebbi, Nigeria (Tunde Omolehin/AP)

A schoolgirl who was abducted with 24 others from a dormitory in Nigeria has escaped and is safe, the school’s principal told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

The student arrived home late on Monday, hours after the kidnapping at the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, in the northwestern Kebbi state, said principal Musa Rabi Magaji.