Fifteen Nigerian hostages have escaped from their abductors as they slept, weeks after they were among more than 130 pupils and teachers snatched by gunmen from an Islamic seminary, the school’s headteacher told AFP Tuesday.On May 30 around 200 motorcycle-riding gunmen from one of the gangs known locally as bandits stormed Tegina town in Niger state, abducting 136 pupils and some teachers, according to authorities.
The escapees, nine boys and six girls, including a seven-year-old girl, trekked through the night to Birnin Gwari district in Kaduna state.The 15 had been separated from the other hostages and taken across the border into Zamfara state where they were beaten.“We believe their escape was a divine response to their abductors who told them to ask God to come and rescue them whenever they pleaded to be spared from the beatings and insults,” he added.
On Monday, Niger state governor Sani Bello met with parents of the abducted pupils and the seminary officials in his office where he promised to rescue their kidnapped children.
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