At least 137 school children who were kidnapped by armed gunmen in Nigeria earlier this month have been released, the governor of Nigeria\u2019s Kaduna state Uba Sani confirmed in a TV interview aired on Sunday. <\/p>\n
In the interview broadcast on Nigeria\u2019s Channels Television, Sani said he had met with the children\u2019s families. <\/p>\n
\u201cI am happy, the families are happy, we are all happy the children have been rescued,\u201d he told the broadcaster. <\/p>\n
However, Sani said that a teacher had died after developing \u201csome complications\u201d while in captivity, without providing further detail. <\/p>\n
But according to Sani, all children who were kidnapped in the incident have now been released. He dismissed earlier reports of a greater number of missing children as \u201ca figment of people\u2019s imagination.\u201d <\/p>\n
Kaduna state, which borders the Nigerian capital Abuja to the southwest, has grappled with recurring incidents of kidnappings for ransom by bandits and has witnessed several mass abductions in recent years. <\/p>\n
In an earlier post on X, Sani was seen addressing dozens of children and wrote that he was \u201cglad to see our released children in high spirits on Sunday evening.\u201d <\/p>\n
He wrote that they would continue to \u201cundergo psychosocial counseling\u201d and receive \u201cproper medical supervision.\u201d <\/p>\n
The gunmen previously <\/strong>demanded a ransom of 1 billion naira ($620,000) and threatened to kill all of the students if their demands were not met, according to a member of the community. <\/p>\n Nigeria\u2019s National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu had coordinated the \u201coperations of the security agencies, which eventually resulted in this successful outcome,\u201d Sani said. <\/p>\n \u201cThe Nigerian Army also deserves special commendation for showing that with courage, determination and commitment, criminal elements can be degraded and security restored in our communities,\u201d Sani said. <\/p>\n He also thanked Nigeria\u2019s President Bola Tinubu for \u201cworking round the clock\u201d to ensure the children\u2019s safe return. <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n At least 137 school children who were kidnapped by armed gunmen in Nigeria earlier this month have been released, the governor of Nigeria\u2019s Kaduna state Uba Sani confirmed in a TV interview aired on Sunday. In the interview broadcast on Nigeria\u2019s Channels Television, Sani said he had met with the children\u2019s families. \u201cI am happy, <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":17247,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-17246","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}