Govnor Uba Sani of Kaduna State don tok say contrary to reports, na 137 schoolchildren, and no be 287 students bandits bin abduct on 7 March 2024 from Kuriga, Chikun Local Goment Area of di state.
Di govnor make di clarification on Channels Television Sunday Politics.
E tok say all schoolchildren wey di bandits abduct na im di military rescue in collaboration wit local authorities from neighbouring Zamfara State where di kidnappers bin move di hostages to.
Govnor Sani tok say di 287 figure na figments of some pipo imagination.
“I no wan join issues wit anyone in terms of numbers. Wetin dey more important to me na di safe return of di children. Today, I dey happy say dem don come back safely, in high spirits, but dose numbers na just figments of some pipo imagination,” di govnor tok.
One teacher die for captivity
Govnor Sani tok say one teacher wey dem among di pipo wey di bandits kidnap die for captivity sake of health complications wey im develop.
“Na only no return and dat na di teacher. Dat na di fact of di mata, but all of di 137 children don come back safely.. We get di unfortunate incident say di teacher no make am becos im get some complications; im bin sick – dat na di report wey we get from di military and di security agencies but di rest of di children, all of them don come back to us,” di govnor tok.
Govnor Sani also tok say Kaduna-based Muslim cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, no dey involved for di return of di schoolchildren.
Di cleric bin offer to negotiate wit bandits for di release of di schoolchildren.
Military tok how dem rescue 137 kidnapped Kuriga school students for Zamfara state
Di Nigerian military don release di number of Students of Lea Primary School and Government Secondary School Kuriga, Kaduna State wey dem rescue.
Di Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba, tok say dem rescue a total of 137 students.
According to di statement, dem rescue di children for Zamfara State for di early hours of Sunday, through di joint efforts of di military and local authorities.
Di rescued hostages include 76 females and 61 males, wey dey di age of eight and 15.
Di statement say dem go hand ova di rescued students give di Kaduna State Government for further action.
Gunmen bin attack Lea Primary School and Government Secondary School Kuriga for Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State during di morning assembly and kidnap students and pupils, alongside some staff.
Nearly three weeks afta gunmen kidnap di school children from dia school on 7 March, goment officials announce dia released ontop social media.
Kaduna State Govnor Uba Sanni ontop im X page on Sunday say kidnappers don release di students.
Di govnor also thank president Bola Tinubu, national security adviser, Nuhu Ribadu and Nigerian Army for dia effort.
“In di name of Allah, I wish to announce say Kuriga students don dey free,” e tok.
“Our special appreciation to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu wey pioritise di safety and security of Nigerians and particularly ensuring say di school children dey unharmed.
“While di school children dey captivity. I don speak wit president several times. Im share our pain, conmfort us and work round di clock wit us to ensure si safe return of di children.”
Di govnor no give details of di release, but days before di release, gunmen bin demand 1 billion naira ($690,000; £548,000) ransom for all di school children and staff but Nigerian goment tok say dem no go pay any ransom.
However, pipo wey dem bin kidnap in di past dey pay ransom to gunmen
How di Kaduna school kidnap take happun?
Gunmen bin ride motorcycles enta LEA Primary and Secondary School, Kuriga wen di students dey for assembly ground around 8:30am and kidnap some students.
According to witnesses, di school children dey for assembly ground around 08:30 wen gunmen ontop motorcycle storm di school, dem kidnap nearly 300 pipo including school children and staff.
One teacher for Government Secondary School Kuriga for Kaduna state, north-west Nigeria say di gunmen wey storm di school on Thursday, 7 March kidnap 280 pupils and staff afta head count.
Sani Abdullahi wey dey teach for di school say dem bin dey inside di school wen di kidnap happun but im luckily escape from di gunmen wen di gunmen enta di school premises and abduct students and teachers.
“I resume school today at exactly 7:47am. I enta di Acting Principal office and sign. All of a sudden, di acting principal say make I look my back and wen I turn, we discova say bandits don surround di school premises.
“We confuse, we no know wia to go. Den, di bandits ask us to enta bush, so we obey dem becos tiff plenty and di children wey follow us dey about 700. When we enta bush, I dey lucky to escape alongside many odas.”
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