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- By Joseph Lang
- 12 Apr 2026
A total of 24 West African female students captured from the educational institution more than seven days back were liberated, national leadership stated.
Armed assailants invaded an educational institution situated within Kebbi State last month, taking the life of an employee and seizing 25 students.
Nigerian President the president applauded military personnel regarding their "quick action" to the incident - while the circumstances surrounding their freedom remained unclear.
Africa's most populous nation has experienced numerous cases of abductions over the past few years - amounting to two hundred fifty youths captured at a Catholic school last Friday yet to be located.
Via official communication, an appointed consultant to the president asserted that every student abducted from educational facility located in the area were now safe, stating that this event caused imitation captures in two other local territories.
The president said that additional forces are being positioned to "vulnerable areas to stop more cases of kidnapping".
Via additional communication through social media, the president wrote: "Military aviation will continue constant observation over the most remote areas, synchronising operations alongside land forces to accurately locate, contain, disturb, and neutralise all hostile elements."
Exceeding numerous youths were taken hostage from educational institutions since 2014, back when two hundred seventy-six students were abducted during the notorious Chibok mass abduction.
Recently, no fewer than numerous pupils and workers were abducted from St Mary's School, religious educational establishment, situated in regional territory.
Fifty of those captured at educational facility were able to flee based on information from the Christian Association - but at least 250 remain unaccounted for.
The main Catholic cleric within the area has stated that Nigeria's government is performing "little substantial action" to rescue captured persons.
The capture incident within educational premises marked the third instance affecting the nation in a week, compelling the administration to cancel his trip international conference organized within the southern nation at the weekend to address the situation.
United Nations representative the diplomat urged world leaders to "do our utmost" to support efforts to recover the abducted children.
Brown, previous head of government, said: "We also have responsibility to ensure that educational institutions remain secure environments for education, instead of locations where youths could be removed from their classroom through unlawful means."