UNICEF hails release of abducted hostages in Nigeria
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has welcomed the release of abducted hostages from a boarding school in north-central Nigeria.
| 1 March 2021 8:26 AM GMT
LAGOS: The United Nations Children s Fund (UNICEF) has welcomed the release of abducted hostages from a boarding school in north-central Nigeria. I am relieved to receive the long-awaited news of the release of 27 students of the Government Science College in Kagara abducted from their school over a week ago and I look forward to their safe return to their families, Peter Hawkins, representative for Unicef Nigeria, said in a statement on Saturday, Xinhua news agency reported.
The leadership of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has expressed delight over release of 27 students of Government Science College in Kagara, Niger State, who were recently abducted.
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Niger State governor, Sani Bello, has appealed to the 24 students of Government Science College in Kagara freed by their abductors in the early hours of Saturday not to let the incident discourage them from pursuing their education.
The governor charged the students to see the development as one of life’s lessons and be resolved to continue schooling. Bello, who spoke while receiving the students as well as six staff of the school and eight of their relatives in Minna, the state capital, promised to address the root cause of banditry in the state.
Among the 38 released, one was said to have been hospitalised due to excessive exhaustion. They were said to have been freed at a location around Kaduna State early on Saturday.
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