Few hours after bandits abducted about 200 students from an Islamic school in Tegina, Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, reports have it that 11 of the students have been freed
The freed students were said to have been released because they are too small and could not walk.
They were reportedly between four to five years.
The students were abducted earlier on Sunday afternoon during an attack.
The Chief Press Secretary to Niger State Governor, Mary Noel Berge, confirmed the development.
She said: “11children who were too small and couldn’t walk, among the kidnapped Islamiyya Students, were released by the gunmen.”
Governor Abubakar Sani Bello described the incident as unfortunate and unbecoming of the serial attacks.
Bello appealed for calm and restated the strong resolve of his government to protect lives and property.
He assured the Joint Military Taskforce has been mobilised to the area and already tracing the gunmen for possible isolation and ambush.
