The pupils had been taken from a school in the north-western state of Kaduna.
At least 137 of nearly 300 Nigerian children abducted more than two weeks ago from their school in the north-western state of Kaduna were released on Sunday, military officials have said.Motorcycle-riding gunmen invaded the Kuriga school on March 7 and marched the children into the forests before security forces could arrive as terrified families watched helplessly.
“Efforts would continue until other hostages are found and the terrorists arrested, tried and brought to justice by Nigerian law,” Mr Buba said. The Associated Press could not reach villagers in Kuriga town, where mobile network is not available.At least 1,400 students have been kidnapped from Nigerian schools since 2014, when Boko Haram militants seized hundreds of schoolgirls from Borno state’s Chibok village.
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