Meanwhile the federal Government has described rescue of the remaining 130 children and staff from St. Mary’s Catholic School, Papiri, Niger State, as a fitting end to the year.
Minister of informarion and Narional orientation Mohammed Idris in a starement, confirmed that all the abducted pupils of the Catholic School, Papiri, numbering 230, have been freed with no single pupil left in captivity.
He said the released 130 pupils are being handed over to the Niger state government, after which they will be reunited with their families.
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The Minister saluted the courageous effort by security forces reaffirming the nation’s resolve to protect its people.
The Federal Government empathizes with the parents and guardians of the pupils for the agony the abduction has caused them, wishes them a pleasant family reunion, a good healing process, compliments of the season and a Merry Christmas.
