The 279 school girls kidnapped from the Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, in Talata Mafara Local Government Area of Nigeria’s Zamfara State last Friday, have regained their freedom.
The Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, who confirmed the news of the release of the hostages on Tuesday, said the girls were freed with the help of repentant bandits without any ransom paid.
Matawalle put the number of girls recovered at 279, although the police had earlier stated that 317 girls were kidnapped.
The released girls arrived at the Zamfara State Government House in Gusau early on Tuesday wearing face masks and light blue and brown chadors.
The girls’ kidnapping on Friday was the latest in a series of rampant school abductions that has rocked the northern part of the country in the past three months.
