Not if, but when
Thu Mar 04 2021
I woke up to the good news that the 279 girls kidnapped last week from Government Girls Junior Secondary School (GGJSS), Jengebe, Zamfara State, had been released. I had my piece for this week all ready and had to discard it, but I have never been more grateful for a curve ball being thrown at me. When the news of their abduction broke, parallels were immediately drawn with that of the Chibok girls which happened seven years ago. Everyone wondered if in 2028, the Zamfara girls would still be in captivity. Of the 276 girls kidnapped by Boko Haram from Government Secondary School Chibok in 2014, 103 were released, 57 fled and four later escaped while 112 are still missing.
Nigerian Governor Says 279 Kidnapped Students Freed
March 02, 2021
An official embraces a girl who was kidnapped from a boarding school in the northwest Nigerian state of Zamfara, as she heads for a medical check-up after her release in Zamfara, Nigeria March 2, 2021. (REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde)
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Hundreds of Nigerian girls who were kidnapped last week from a school in the country’s northwestern Zamfara state have been released.
The leader of Zamfara state announced the girls’ release on Tuesday. There has been a series of such kidnappings in the West African nation in recent years.
279 Nigerian girls freed after kidnapped from boarding school, governor says
By Lekan Oyekanmi and Sam Olukoya
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A group of girls previously kidnapped from their boarding school in northern Nigeria arrive on March 2, 2021 at the Government House in Gusau, Zamfara State upon their release. (Photo by Aminu ABUBAKAR / AFP) (Photo by AMINU ABUBAKAR/AFP via Getty Im
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GUSAU, Nigeria - Hundreds of Nigerian girls abducted last week from a boarding school in the country’s northwest have been released, a state governor said Tuesday, as the West African nation faces a spate of school kidnappings.
The girls, ages 10 and up, dressed in light blue hijabs and barefoot, packed into Zamfara state’s Government House conference room. They appeared calm, chatting to one another as they sat in long rows while journalists photographed them. They will receive a medical checkup before being returned to their parents.
GUSAU, Nigeria (AP) Hundreds of Nigerian girls abducted last week from a boarding school in the country s northwest have been released, a state governor sai
Hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls who were abducted at gunpoint last week from a state-run boarding school have been safely released from their captors.