PHOTOS As Niger Govt Receives Kagara Students, Staff, Relatives

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The Niger State Government on Saturday received the now freed students who were carted away from Government Science Secondary School, Kagara located in Rafi local government on 17 February.

The abductees were released early Saturday after spending horrific 10 days in bandits’ custody.

According to the Niger government, 24 students alongside 6 staff of the school and 8 relatives were welcomed at the government house, Minna, Saturday.

 

'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide's journalism works intersect business, environment, politics and developmental issues. Among a number of local and international publications, his work has appeared in the New York Times. He's a winner of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Award. Currently, the Online Editor at The New Diplomat, Akintomide has produced reports that uniquely spoke to Nigeria's experience on Climate Change issues. When Akintomide is not writing, volunteering or working on a media project, you can find him seeing beautiful sites like the sandy beaches that bedecked the Lagos coastline.

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