By Our Reporter
Tegina School Pupils Regain Freedom After Three Month of Being Kidnapped By Bandits in Niger
This is good news coming from Niger State as bandits have finally released students abducted three months ago from an Islamic school in north-central Nigerian state of Niger, two parents told Reuters on Thursday.
Around 136 school children were taken from the school in Tegina town in May but on Monday the school’s owner said that six had died of illness.
The releases were confirmed by an official who asked not to be named because the government planned to issue a statement once they have the children.
One parent, Mallam Saidu Tegina, said by phone the students had been released.
He did not confirm how many students were released.
Abubakar Garba Alhasan, whose seven children are held by the gang, said the students were on their way to the capital city in Minna. “They are released now,” he said.
