Kidnapped Kagara students have been freed

Jude Egbas 08:54 - 27 February 2021

Signpost of Government Science College, Kagara in Niger State [Niger State Government]

The students are on their way back to town.

27 students and 15 others who were abducted by terrorists from the Government Science College, Kagara in Niger State on February 17, 2021 have regained their freedom.

The Niger State government has confirmed the development. The freed group has been received by the Niger State government.

Breaking News: The Abducted Students, Staff and Relatives of Government Science Collage Kagara have regained their freedom and have been received by the Niger State Government
— Governor Niger (@GovNiger) February 27, 2021

"The Kagara schoolboys have been released. They are on their way to town now,” a government source is quoted as saying by TheCable.

"All the boys and the family members were released.”

ChannelsTV has also reported the release of the students.

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The release of the Kagara abductees arrives just hours after 317 students from Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in the Talata Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara, were kidnapped on Friday, February 26, 2021.

There have been a wave of kidnappings targeting school children in Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, in recent times.