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Nigeria: Jubilation As 344 Katsina Students Released
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Nigeria: Inside the Rescue of 344 Kankara Boys and Why It Took This Long
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One of the students, who escaped, said 520 of them were counted in the bush.
Governor Masari, while speaking to journalists at the Government House in Katsina, said no ransom was paid to secure the release of the students.
“All the students are in good condition of health,” he said.
Supporters of the “Coalition of Northern Groups” (CNG) rally to urge authorities to rescue hundreds of abducted schoolboys, in Katsina on Thursday
He said the students were fatigued from trekking and days spent in captivity, adding that they were on their way to Katsina for medical check-up and data capturing.
Daily Trust was told that while in the bush, the students were kept in clusters in three different locations by three different groups with different motives.
The students were reportedly kept inside the bush in parts of Zamfara State..
The boys arrived Katsina government house at 9:25am
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Fri Dec 18 2020
The abductors had insisted security operatives must not be involved in negotiations to secure the release of the boys taken from their school in Kankara.
But Katsina state government deployed negotiators that include village and district heads, in addition to federal government officials.
The students were reportedly kept inside the bush in parts of Zamfara State.
After the negotiation was sealed, the boys were handed over to some village heads in batches, a security source said.