Female students of Government Secondary School (GSS) Jangebe, located in Tuesday-Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State, abducted last week by gunmen have regained their freedom.
The over 300 abducted students were released by their captors in the early hours of Tuesday.
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The freed students were received at the Government House in Gusau, the state capital by Governor Bello Mutawalle.
“It gladdens my heart to announce the release of the abducted students of GSS Jangebe from captivity,” the governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, wrote on Twitter early Tuesday.
Video posted on Twitter by Daily Nigerian showed some of the girls walking past journalists in a straight line and on barefoot, while others were limping.
VIDEO: Zamfara schoolgirls released by bandits pic.twitter.com/iYNWHAkSFi
— Daily Nigerian (@daily_nigerian) March 2, 2021
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