Students, staff members and their relatives who were kidnapped from Government Science Secondary School, Kagara, in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State have been released, according to Channels Television.
A top police officer involved in the counter-kidnapping operation in the State had also told PRNigeria on Saturday morning that the students and others had been released.
The award winning television station said the development was confirmed to it by a government official.
According to Channels TV, the official said the abductees were on their way to Minna, the Niger State capital.
According to him, the children were released from a location close to where 53 others abducted passengers from a bus belonging to the Niger State Transport Authority were freed last week.
The Kankara students, staff members and relatives were expected to be received by the Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello at the Government House in Minna.
PRNigeria had reported the abduction of the boarding students by the bandits who were dressed in military uniforms on February 17, 2021.
A total of 27 students, three staff members and 12 members of their family were abducted after the attack on the Kagara school in the early hours of Wednesday.
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