Posted On 18 December 2020
Exhausted and dishevelled, several hundred Nigerian schoolboys seized in a mass abduction claimed by Boko Haram experienced their first full day of freedom on Friday after a nearly week-long ordeal. But relief at their survival mingled with concern that many others could still be captive, and the circumstances of their release remained unclear. Looking dirty, worn-out and distraught, and most of them without shoes, the boys were brought to the governor’s office in Katsina, the capital of Katsina state in northwestern Nigeria, after being released late Thursday.
One boy broke down in tears as he was being led into the hall for the reception by state governor Bello Masari. An official took a handkerchief and wiped the tears. “I am happy, very happy that I will see my father, mother and junior brothers,” said another, 14-year-old Ibrahim Sani, smiling but looking tired. Hajia Bilikis, a mother who been waiting anxiously with other parents, spoke
Nigeria: Over 300 Nigerian Schoolboys Released After Mass Kidnapping
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KATSINA, Nigeria, Dec 18, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Exhausted and dishevelled, several hundred Nigerian schoolboys seized in a mass abduction claimed by Boko Haram experienced their first full day of freedom on Friday after a nearly week-long ordeal.
But relief at their survival mingled with concern that many others could still be captive, and the circumstances of their release remained unclear.
Looking dirty, worn-out and distraught, and most of them without shoes, the boys were brought to the governor’s office in Katsina, the capital of Katsina state in northwestern Nigeria, after being released late Thursday.
Unclear if any more remained with their captors, believed to be Boko Haram extremists Published: December 18, 2020 04:09 AFP Parents wait outside the Government Science Secondary school in Kankara, in northwestern Katsina State, Nigeria on December 16, 2020. Image Credit: AFP
Kankara, Nigeria: Over 300 Nigerian schoolboys were released on Thursday after being abducted in an attack claimed by Boko Haram, officials said, although it was unclear if any more remained with their captors.
The assault last Friday on a rural school in Kankara, Katsina state in northwest Nigeria, was initially blamed on criminals, known as bandits, who have terrorised the region for years.
But on Tuesday Boko Haram, the brutal extremist group behind the abduction of 276 schoolgirls in Chibok in 2014, claimed responsibility for the raid.