Freed Kagara Victims Now In Minna

The kidnapped students and staff of Government Science College, Kagara, Niger, have arrived in Minna, the State capital.

A total of 27 students, three staff  and 12 members of their family were abducted in the attack on the school.

In a video, the students wee seen filing out from the bush. The footage was said to have been shot around Attahiru Secondary School, Madaka, Niger State.

Jibrin Usman, Public Relations Officer of the Ministry of Education in Niger, said the commissioner has been contacted to receive the boys ahead of their meeting with the governor.

One of the parents of the students told our correspondent that they were released near Madaka in Raffi Local government area of Niger.

The father said he would withdraw his child from the school immediately, describing that as the only sensible thing to do as a concerned father.