The Presidency has said Nigerians will be informed if ransom was paid to secure the release of abducted students. President Muhammadu Buhari's spokesman,
All 279 Nigerian girls kidnapped from their boarding school in the northwestern state of Zamfara have been released and are on government premises, the local governor said yesterday.
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari expressed “overwhelming joy” over the release of the girls from days of captivity, vowing tougher action against kidnappers.
Nigeria has been rocked by four mass abductions of students in less than three months, sparking widespread anger against the government and memories of the 2014 kidnapping of hundreds of schoolgirls in Chibok, in the country’s east, that shocked the world.
“I am happy to announce that the girls are free,” Zamfara Governor