Over 70 pupils of Salihu Tanko Islamiyya school in Tegina town, Rafi Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State who were kidnapped by North Central (Nigeria) Terrorists have been released by their abductors.
Sources said that the released students are on their way to Minna en route Kagara from Birnin Gwari, Kaduna State, where they were kept in captivity.
The Islamiya pupils were held for 88 days and 11 hours according to the timeline of the days and time they have spent in the bandits’ captivity.
A publication, PRNigeria, has been publishing counts-up since the abductions of some pupils and students in Northern Nigeria.
The abducted students of Yauri Federal Government College have been in captivity for 70 days while the remaining abducted students of a Baptist School in Kaduna will be spending their 52nd days in captivity.
Late May 2021, about 200 children of the Islamic School were seized during the terrorists’ attack, even though an official number has not been given.
The terrorists had attacked the town of Tegina, riding on motorcycles and shooting indiscriminately. They then abducted the students from the Islamic school.
One person was reportedly killed during the raid and a second person was seriously injured, authorities said.
