Kidnappers release Nigerian schoolboys as search for 300 abducted girls continue | Malay Mail

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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Feb 27 — Gunmen in Nigeria today released 27 teenage boys who were kidnapped from their school last week in the northern state of Niger, while security forces continued to search for more than 300 schoolgirls abducted in a nearby state. Schools have become targets for mass...

Saturday, 27 Feb 2021 08:30 PM MYT

On February 17, 27 students, three staff and 12 members of their families were abducted by an armed gang who stormed the Government Science secondary school in the Kagara district of Niger state, overwhelming the school's security detail. One boy was killed during the raid. The release of the schoolboys comes just a day after the raid on a school in Zamfara state where gunmen seized 317 girls.

 

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