Five out of the 73 students abducted from Government Day Secondary School in Kaya, Maradun local government area of Zamfara state, have escaped from their captors.
The students were abducted by bandits from their school Wednesday morning, a development that forced Governor Bello Matawalle, to shutdown all schools across the state.
A parent of one of the students who escaped confirmed the development to BBC Hausa on Thursday.
The parent said the students were divided into groups, and the five students, all female, saw an opportunity to escape.
“She told us some of the girls were around her age, while others were younger than her,” the student’s father said.
“As they were being divided into groups, she said five of them hid and the others left without them. That was how they escaped.
“They began running into the forest and arrived around 1am. They didn’t know where they were until they sighted a mosque here.
“One of them has been hospitalised. Our daughter has been sleeping since she came home. We had to administer a drip. Overall, they are all getting better. One of them has even started walking around.”
He said his daughter is around 11 years old, while the other students who escaped are between ages 12 and 13, adding that two of his daughters are among the 68 students still in captivity.
