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All 279 abducted Nigerian schoolgirls released

Maravi Post Reporter

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The 279 schoolgirls kidnapped from a boarding school in the north-western Nigerian state of Zamfara have been released.

They were taken to the governor’s office in the state capital Gusau for debriefing, according to officials.

Initially there were reports of over 300 girls being abducted but that figure was said to be inaccurate.

The bandits abducted of the schoolgirls at Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe last week.

The governor of Nigeria’s Zamfara state, Bello Matawalle has twitter that he has met the girls.

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He said no ransom was paid for the release of the girls but the release was secured after negotiations with the gunmen.

Matawalle said “I enjoin all well-meaning Nigerians to rejoice with us as our daughters are now safe.”

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Source: Africafeeds.com

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Over 300 schoolgirls abducted by gunmen in Nigeria

Maravi Post Reporter

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Over 300 schoolgirls have been abducted by gunmen in the Talata-Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State in Nigeria.

The bandits carried out the abducted of the schoolgirls at Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe.

The State Police spokesperson Mohammed Shehu told local media “We are right now on our way going to the school where the incident happened.”

According to a staff of the school who witnessed the abduction, the gunmen arrived in the school on Friday morning with vehicles and motorcycles and forcefully evacuated the students.

Some of the gunmen were reported to be in uniforms, pretending to be security personnel. They then broke into the students hostels and abducted more than 300 students.

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The eyewitness told local media that “When they came into the school, we thought they were security personnel but to our utmost fear and dismay, they started putting the girls into Hilux vehicles and motorcycles then drove out of the school.”

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Friday’s abduction is happening just some eight days after gunmen kidnapped dozens of students and workers of Government Science College in Kagara, Niger State.

Last year gunmen also kidnapped over 300 schoolboys from Government Science Secondary School in Kankara, Katsina State.

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There have been previous abductions of hundreds of secondary school girls from Chibok, in Borno State; and Dapchi in Yobe State.

Source: Africafeeds.com

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