More than 300 Nigerian schoolboys have arrived in the capital of Katsina state to celebrations of their release from captivity.
The boys were abducted on the night of December 11 from the all-boys Government Science Secondary School in Kankara village in Katsina state in north-western Nigeria.
They arrived in Katsina on Friday, the capital of the state, and met governor Aminu Bello Masari.
A group of the schoolboys after their release (Sunday Alamba/AP)
Bleary-eyed and appearing stunned by their ordeal, the boys piled into chairs in a conference room, most still in their school uniforms, some wrapped in grey blankets.
The oldest of the boys sat in the front row and were greeted by officials.