Niger State Governor Umaru Bago on Monday received 100 students of St. Mary’s Catholic Private Primary and Secondary School, Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area, less than 24 hours after their release was first reported
The children were brought in buses to the Niger State Government House, where Governor Bago and other state officials welcomed them at around 5:20 pm.
The students were abducted on November 21 when gunmen on motorbikes attacked the school in the early hours of the morning, holding the premises for nearly three hours.
Authorities said 303 students and 12 teachers were initially kidnapped, but about 50 pupils managed to escape within the first 24 hours and were reunited with their families.
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