The remaining 130 schoolchildren abducted by terrorists at St Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri, Niger State, have been released.
This was announced by presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga on his Facebook page on Sunday night.
The schoolchildren were kidnapped on 21 November 2025 from their school by bandits.
Mr Onanuga, who posted a picture of some of the children, said “they are expected to arrive in Minna on Monday and rejoin their parents for the Christmas celebration.”
One hundred were released earlier by the terrorists, taking the total of freed students to 230.
The freedom of the schoolchildren followed a military-intelligence driven operation, the presidential spokesperson said.
