Zamfara Governor Bello Matawalle on Tuesday alleged there were people that gave money to the abductors of the students of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, Zamfara state, not to release them.
Matawalle said this while addressing the schoolgirls at Government Gusau after they were freed by their abductors early Tuesday morning.
The students were abducted by bandits in their school last Friday.
He said he would soon reveal the mystery behind the abduction of the girls, warning those instigating criminals should be careful.
“I didn’t sleep for four days. We worked hard for days to ensure the safe return of the girls to their families. We are using kinetic and non-kinetic approaches, and the non-kinetic is working for us. If not, we wouldn’t have successfully negotiated the release of these girls,” he said.
He said the abducted and freed girls were 279 and all were released.
