{"id":78856,"date":"2025-11-18T09:28:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T09:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=78856"},"modified":"2025-11-18T09:28:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T09:28:29","slug":"us-lawmakers-comment-on-kebbi-schoolgirl-abduction-sparks-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/11\/18\/us-lawmakers-comment-on-kebbi-schoolgirl-abduction-sparks-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"US Lawmaker\u2019s Comment on Kebbi Schoolgirl Abduction Sparks Backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onilede Titi Faith<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A United States lawmaker, Riley Moore, has drawn criticism for his remarks on the abduction of 25 schoolgirls from Government Secondary School, Maga, in Kebbi State\u2019s Danko-Wasagu Local Government Area.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on X on Tuesday, Moore condemned the attack and called for prayers for the victims, noting the death of the school\u2019s vice principal.<\/p>\n<p>He described the incident as occurring in a \u201cChristian enclave\u201d and urged the Nigerian government to do more to address insecurity.<\/p>\n<p>His comments sparked pushback from Nigerians, including Bashir Ahmad, former Senior Special Assistant on New Media to the late President Buhari. Ahmad clarified that the attack occurred in a Muslim community and that the victims were Muslim.<\/p>\n<p>He warned that Moore\u2019s description could fuel divisive narratives.<\/p>\n<p>The attack took place early Monday when armed bandits invaded the school, killing the vice principal, injuring staff, and abducting 25 students.<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Government has pledged to secure the safe return of the girls and expressed solidarity with the affected families.<\/p>\n<p>Moore\u2019s remarks come amid ongoing tensions between Nigerian officials and some US lawmakers over claims of \u201cChristian genocide\u201d in parts of the country, which Nigerian authorities have repeatedly dismissed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onilede Titi Faith A United States lawmaker, Riley Moore, has drawn criticism for his remarks on the abduction of 25 schoolgirls from Government Secondary School, Maga, in Kebbi State\u2019s Danko-Wasagu Local Government Area. In a post on X on Tuesday, Moore condemned the attack and called for prayers for the victims, noting the death [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":78859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182,1724,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence-and-security","category-insecurity","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78856"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78860,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78856\/revisions\/78860"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}