Following their release, the 344 schoolboys abducted last Friday from their school in Kankara have arrived at the state government house in Katsina.
The boys regained their freedom late Thursday, seven days after armed men had attacked Government Science Secondary School in Kankara to cart them away, leaving behind nationwide anguish in the wake of the incident.
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The children, who still have their school uniforms on, were brought to the government house by a combined team of security personnel.
They were received by the state Governor Aminu Bello Masari.
On Thursday, Boko Haram had released a video claiming responsibility for the abduction, but Governor Aminu Masari governor, said bandits terrorizing the northwest abducted the boys.
Narrating how the boys’ release was negotiated, Masari told Radio Deutsche Welle, DW that MACABAN negotiated with the bandits to get the schoolboys released and no single Kobo was paid as ransom.
He said, “Some hours ago, those assisting us in talks with the bandits said they have released all children in captivity. About 344 of them. And we have sent vehicles to transport them to Katsina.
“We will direct our doctors to carry out medical examination on the children tomorrow morning. They have spent six-day in the forest. We will change their clothes and we will hand them over to their parents,” Masari said.
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