CNN —Nearly 300 schoolchildren kidnapped in Nigeria earlier this month have been released, the governor of the country’s Kaduna state said in a post on X on Sunday.
“The abducted Kuriga school children are released unharmed,” Uba Sani said, without providing further details.
Some students were rescued but 287 of them had remained with the kidnappers – around 100 were from primary school and the rest from secondary school.
Kaduna state, which borders the Nigerian capital Abuja to the southwest, has grappled with recurring incidents of kidnappings for ransom by bandits and has witnessed several mass abductions in recent years.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
Persons:
“, ” Uba Sani, Sani, Bola Tinubu, ”, Mansur Hassan, Nuhu Ribadu, ” Sani, Mariya Knight
Organizations:
CNN, Secondary School, country’s National, Nigerian Army
Locations:
Nigeria, Kaduna, Kuriga, Kaduna’s Chikun, Abuja, Princewill