{"id":2769,"date":"2025-11-20T13:36:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T13:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=2769"},"modified":"2025-11-20T13:36:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T13:36:53","slug":"nigerias-tinubu-delays-g20-trip-amid-search-for-24-abducted-schoolgirls-armed-groups-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=2769","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria\u2019s Tinubu delays G20 trip amid search for 24 abducted schoolgirls | Armed Groups News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Bola Tinubu says he suspended the trip in light of the abductions and a separate church attack in which armed men killed two people.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 20 Nov 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">20 Nov 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s President Bola Tinubu has postponed his trip to South Africa for the Group of 20 summit, promising to intensify efforts to rescue 24 schoolgirls abducted by armed men earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>The president\u2019s spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, said in a statement on Wednesday that Tinubu suspended his departure in light of the girls\u2019 abduction and a separate church attack in which gunmen killed two people.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Tinubu had been set to leave on Wednesday, days before the two-day summit of the world\u2019s leading rich and developing nations was due to begin on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDisturbed by the security breaches in Kebbi State and Tuesday\u2019s attack by bandits against worshippers at Christ Apostolic Church, Eruku, President Tinubu decided to suspend his departure\u201d to the G20 summit, Onanuga said.<\/p>\n<p>It was not clear immediately if or when Tinubu would leave for the weekend summit in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"search-for-abducted-girls-ongoing\">Search for abducted girls ongoing<\/h2>\n<p>The schoolgirls were abducted by unidentified armed men from a secondary school in the northwestern town of Maga in Kebbi State late on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>The attackers exchanged gunfire with police before scaling the perimeter fence and abducting the students.<\/p>\n<p>One of the girls managed to escape, authorities said, but the school\u2019s vice principal was killed. No group immediately claimed responsibility for abducting the girls, and their motivation was unclear.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities say the gunmen are mostly former herders who have taken up arms against farming communities after clashes between them over strained resources.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate attack on a church in western Nigeria on Tuesday, armed men killed two people during a service that was recorded and broadcast online.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters of United States President Donald Trump have seized on the violence to embolden their claim that Christians are under attack\u00a0in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u00a0has threatened\u00a0to invade Nigeria \u201cguns-a-blazing\u201d over what right-wing lawmakers in the US allege is a \u201cChristian genocide\u201c.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria has rejected the US president\u2019s statements, saying more Muslims have been killed in the country\u2019s various security crises.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bola Tinubu says he suspended the trip in light of the abductions and a separate church attack in which armed men killed two people. 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