Abuja, Nigeria
Reuters
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Nigeria’s government has secured the release of 100 schoolchildren who had been kidnapped last month in Niger state in a single of the nation’s worst mass kidnappings to this point, native broadcaster Channels Television reported on Sunday.
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has stated 303 kids and 12 college workers had been kidnapped on November 21 by gunmen at St. Mary’s Catholic boarding college in Papiri, a hamlet in Niger state.
Fifty pupils managed to flee within the following hours, however since then there had been no replace on the whereabouts or situations of the opposite kids, some as younger as six, and the lacking college workers.
Channels Television didn’t instantly present particulars in regards to the release.
The CAN and Niger state authorities stated they weren’t formally notified of the release of the kids.
The Nigerian government didn’t instantly remark.
“We are not officially aware and have not been duly notified by the federal government. We hope and pray it’s true and will be looking forward to when the remaining will be released,” stated Daniel Atori, spokesperson for the pinnacle of CAN in Niger state.
The college assault put a highlight on the persistent insecurity in Nigeria greater than 10 years after the Chibok mass abductions, at a time when the nation is beneath scrutiny from US President Donald Trump over its alleged ill-treatment of Christians.
Earlier on Sunday, a US congressional delegation met with Nigeria’s nationwide safety adviser Nuhu Ribadu in Abuja, the place “discussions focused on counter-terrorism cooperation, regional stability and strengthening Nigeria-US security partnership,” Ribadu stated.