The Niger State Government has received the freed 100 school children who were abducted last month from St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary School, Papiri, in Agwara Local Government Area of the state.
The children, conveyed in several buses under tight security, arrived at the Government House in Minna, the state capital, around 5:20 p.m.
The Governor of the state, Mohammed Bago, received the school pupils alongside top government officials and family members.
It was earlier reported according to multiple sources that gunmen had attacked the remote community on November 21, storming the school around 2 am on motorbikes and operating for nearly three hours.
They abducted 315 people, including 303 students and 12 teachers.
About 50 pupils managed to escape within the first 24 hours and were reunited with their families, leaving 265 victims in captivity.
The National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, visited the school last week in Papiri, reassuring the school authorities and parents that the abducted children would soon return and were safe.
