BREAKING: ABDUCTED KANKARA SCHOOLBOYS ARRIVE GOVERNMENT HOUSE IN KATSINA
Jubilation as abducted Kankari schoolboys arrives government house Katsina.
The boys clad in their school uniforms arrived at the Katsina government house at about 9.30 am on Friday morning.
The 344 school children who were kidnapped from their school by bandits were released on Thursday afternoon but spent hours navigating the unmotorable road out of the forest.
The children were made to spend the night under heavy military protection in Tsafe local government area of Zamfara state on Thursday as they were weak and tired after spending 6 nights with little food in captivity.
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Some of the children could be seen limping on Friday while walking into the Katsina State Government house.
The release of the school children was midwived by Government officials led by Governor Aminu Masari and the Department of State Security (DSS).
The Nigeria military in collaboration with local vigilantes worked tirelessly to ensure the bandits could not leave the perimeter or trade the boys with Boko Haram's Shekau who wanted to use the boys to push his terrorist propaganda.
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