Nigerian official says over 300 abducted schoolboys freed
Shoes of the kidnapped students from Government Science Secondary School are seen inside their class room Kankara, Nigeria, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. Rebels from the Boko Haram extremist group claimed responsibility Tuesday for abducting hundreds of boys from a school in Nigeria s northern Katsina State last week in one of the largest such attacks in years, raising fears of a growing wave of violence in the region. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
In this image made from an undated video provided by Boko Haram, boys are seen in an undisclosed location. A video allegedly released on Thursday, Dec. 17 2020 by Nigeria s jihadist rebels, Boko Haram, shows a group of boys under trees, speaking to a person filming them. Last week more than 300 students were kidnapped from a school in Kankara, in the north of the country, the children in the video are supposed to be those abducted last Friday. (Boko Haram/Militant Video via AP)
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300 schoolboys kidnapped by Nigeriaâs Boko Haram freed, says governor By LEKAN OYEKANMI and CARLEY PETESCH | December 17, 2020 at 9:18 AM EST - Updated December 17 at 4:30 PM
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) â More than 300 schoolboys abducted last week by armed men in northwest Nigeria have been released, the Katsina State governor said Thursday.
Governor Aminu Bello Masari made the announcement on Nigerian state TV, NTA, from his office in Katsina State.
âAt the moment 344 of the students have been released and handed over to the security operatives. I think we can say at least we have recovered most of the boys, if not all of them,â he said. Arrangements are being made to transport them to Katsina, he said.
Nigerian boy tells of abduction by extremists and his escape
by Lekan Oyekanmi, The Associated Press
Posted Dec 17, 2020 7:50 am EDT
Last Updated Dec 17, 2020 at 7:58 am EDT
KANKARA, Nigeria It was late Friday night when Usama Aminu heard gunshots, at first thinking they had come from the nearby town. As soon as he and the other students at the Government Science Secondary School in Kankara realized there was a raid on the school, they scrambled out of their dormitory and scaled the school’s fence in the pandemonium.
The 17-year-old told The Associated Press about the attack on the school in Nigeria’s northern Katsina State in which men armed with AK-47 rifles abducted more than 300 students from the boys’ school. The attack, claimed by Boko Haram, Nigeria’s jihadist rebels, has prompted an outcry in the West African nation against the government for not doing enough to stop attacks on schools in the north.
Distraught teenager says: We have been caught by the gang of Abu Shekau
Terror chief Shekau sent audio along with the video today, reiterating Boko s claim of responsibility: Here are my men, and your children have spoken
100 militants wielding AK-47s raided the school and kidnapped the boys Friday
Around 330 boys from the secondary school in Katsina are still unaccounted for