Most of the kidnapped boys have been “recovered” – but not all, according to the state’s governor.
More than 300 schoolboys who were kidnapped purportedly by militant group Boko Haram in northern Nigeria have been freed, according to the governor of Katsina state.
Aminu Bello Masari said that a total of 344 students held in a wood in the neighbouring Zamfara state had been released by their captors and handed over to security forces.
He added that the boys will be medically examined and reunited with their loved ones on Friday.
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Earlier on Thursday, a video allegedly released by the jihadist group claimed to show some of the students who were seized last week.
Circulating on social media, the footage – featuring its logo – showed a group of young boys in the woods, pleading security forces to leave the site.
Boko Haram claimed responsibility earlier this week for the student abductions on 11 December in the country’s northwest region – marking an expansion in the organisation’s geography.
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