287 students were abducted on the 7th. following an attack on a school by gunmen in Kaduna State, north-central Nigeria, were releasedState Governor Uba Sani announced this on Sunday.

“I would like to announce that our children were released from Kuriga school,” This is stated in Sani’s statement.

The attack took place in the early hours of March 7 at a primary school at the Kuriga Local Education Authority, with about a hundred attackers – according to a report at the time. EFE inhabitant- They attacked the school.

Kaduna Governor expresses his views “Special thanks” to Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. for “prioritizing the safety of Nigerians and in particular ensuring that the kidnapped Kuriga schoolchildren are released unharmed.”

“While the schoolchildren were in captivity, I spoke with the president several times. He shared our pain, consoled us and worked with us day and night to ensure the children’s safe return,” Sani said.

“The Nigerian Army also deserves special praise for demonstrating courage, determination and dedication. criminal elements may degenerate and restore safety to our communities,” the governor added, without specifying how the children were released or whether a ransom was paid.

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The kidnappers asked the families to give ransom of one billion naira (10 million 270 thousand Mexican pesos) release students and some teachers, they confirmed that EFE On the 13th, two local civil society leaders.

In press statements the same day in the capital, Abuja, Nigeria’s Information Minister, Mohammed Idris, assured that Tinubu had ordered the government “Don’t pay any ransom to any of these criminal elements.”

Some states in Nigeria, especially in the center and north-west of the country, They suffer incessant attacks from “bandits” A term used in the country to describe criminal gangs that carry out mass attacks and kidnappings demanding large ransoms, and whose members are sometimes labeled “terrorists” by authorities.

The attacks continue despite repeated promises to end the violence by the Nigerian government, which increased deployment of security forces.

Adding to this instability is the situation that arose after 2009. for the activities of the jihadist group Boko Haram in the country’s northeast, and as of 2016 also from its breakaway Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP).

(EFE)