The President also cautioned Nigerian governors against the policy of amnesty for bandits.
He stated that rewarding bandits with money and vehicles by some states may “boomerang disastrously.”
SaharaReporters had earlier reported that the school which is located within the Talata-Mafara Local Government Area of the state came under siege by some bandits at past midnight.
The gunmen were said to have arrived in the school around 1 am and loaded the girls in buses.
Reacting in a statement on Friday evening, Buhari said the criminals should not mistake government’s restraint for “weakness”, adding that they are not too strong to be defeated.