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In the middle of the night, while most families slept peacefully, darkness came for a school in Kebbi State, Nigeria. Armed men crashed into the Hassan family’s home at 3:30 a.m., killing a husband and dragging terrified girls into the bush. Twenty-five daughters — each with dreams, innocence, and God-given worth — were stolen in moments.

Amina Hassan’s testimony is almost unbearable:

“I thought it was animals outside. Then I heard the bang. By the time we got up, they were already inside with guns. They told her to lie down so they could shoot her. She begged to go and ease herself, and when they opened the door they saw other girls and left her.” [1]

Her daughter survived only because she begged to step outside and, in that sliver of distraction, fled into the bush. Sh

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