The Federal Government has secured the release of 130 kidnapped schoolchildren whisked away by gunmen from the St. Mary’s Primary and Secondary School, Papiri, Niger State.
A presidential spokesman, Sunday Dare, announced this on his official X handle on Sunday.
“Another 130 abducted Niger state pupils released, none left in captivity,” Dare said in the post on X.
The post was accompanied by a photo of smiling children and a woman.
Over 300 children, teachers, and other staff members were kidnapped by the gunmen who stormed the Catholic school in the early hours of November 21.
The Niger attack was the latest in a series of abductions involving schoolchildren, and came less than a week after bandits kidnapped over 20 girls from the Government Girls Comprehensive Senior Secondary School (GGCSS) in Maga, Kebbi State.
Days later, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) disclosed that 50 of the children escaped from captivity.
