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Nigerian official: More than 300 abducted schoolboys freed
By CARLEY PETESCH and HARUNA UMARDecember 18, 2020 GMT
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) More than 300 schoolboys abducted last week by armed men in northwest Nigeria have been released, a government official said Thursday.
In an announcement on Nigerian state TV, NTA, Katsina State Gov. Aminu Bello Masari said the 344 boarding school students were turned over to security officials and were being brought to the state capital, where they will get physical examinations before being reunited with their families.
“I think we can say . we have recovered most of the boys, if not all of them,” Masari said. He did not disclose if the government paid any ransom.
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) More than 300 schoolboys abducted last week by armed men in northwest Nigeria have been released, a government official said Thursday.
In an announcement on Nigerian state TV, NTA, Katsina State Gov. Aminu Bello Masari said the 344 boarding school students were turned over to security officials and were being brought to the state capital, where they will get physical examinations before being reunited with their families. I think we can say . we have recovered most of the boys, if not all of them,” Masari said. He did not disclose if the government paid any ransom.
President Muhammadu Buhari welcomed their release, calling it “a big relief to their families, the entire country and to the international community,” according to a statement from his office. Amid an outcry in the West African nation over insecurity in the north, Buhari noted his administration s successful efforts to secure the release of previously abducted students. He added that th
KATSINA, Nigeria (AP) More than 300 Nigerian schoolboys, freed after being kidnapped last week in an attack on their school, have arrived in the capital of Katsina state to celebrations of their release.
The boys were abducted on the night of Dec. 11 from the all-boys Government Science Secondary School in Kankara village in Katsina state in northwestern Nigeria.
The students arrived Friday in Katsina, the capital of the state, and met with Katsina Gov. Aminu Bello Masari.
Bleary-eyed and appearing stunned by their ordeal, the boys piled into chairs in a conference room, most still in their school uniforms, some wrapped in gray blankets. The oldest of the boys sat in the front row and were greeted by officials.
More than 300 Nigerian schoolboys have arrived in the capital of Katsina state to celebrations of their release from captivity.
The boys were abducted on the night of December 11 from the all-boys Government Science Secondary School in Kankara village in Katsina state in north-western Nigeria.
They arrived in Katsina on Friday, the capital of the state, and met governor Aminu Bello Masari.
A group of the schoolboys after their release (Sunday Alamba/AP)
Bleary-eyed and appearing stunned by their ordeal, the boys piled into chairs in a conference room, most still in their school uniforms, some wrapped in grey blankets.
The oldest of the boys sat in the front row and were greeted by officials.