The abducted school children of Jangebe Government Girls Secondary school in Zamfara State have been released.
The schoolgirls arrived at the State Government House in the capital city, Gusau, in the early hours of Tuesday, March 2, 2021 wearing face masks and light blue and brown chadors.
317 of the girls were reportedly abducted last Friday from their boarding school, the Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, in Talata Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
Addressing newsmen at Government House Gusau, Governor Bello Matawalle said the girls were undergoing medical examination before being reunited with their families.
He, however, put the number of abducted and recovered schoolgirls at 279.
Seven of the girls were said to have earlier escaped their captors.
Governor Matawalle said the 279 were released with the help of repentant bandits without any ransom paid.
Their abduction is the latest in a series of increasing abductions witnessed in the country within the last three months.
