Gunmen have freed 93 pupils kidnapped from an Islamic seminary in Niger State nearly three months ago, the school’s head teacher said on Thursday.
But one of the pupils died in the captors’ den.
The head teacher, Abubakar Alhassan did not say if any ransom was
paid and how the pupils were released.
The gunmen had abducted the schoolchildren from their school in Rafi
Local Government Area of Niger State on May 30th.
They demanded a ransom of ₦110 million and threatened to kill the
victims but eleven of the students were released later, according to the
Niger State Government.
The State Government had earlier ruled out the payment of ransom.
The governor of the North-Central state, Sani Bello had earlier ruled out
paying ransom to the abductors.
