The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has described the rescue of the remaining 130 children and staff from St. Mary’s Catholic School, Papiri, Niger State, as “a fitting end to the year.”
In a press statement that he issued this Sunday, the minister confirmed that all the abducted pupils of the school, numbering 230, have been freed.
“Not a single pupil is left in captivity,” he said.
Idris said the 130 pupils are being handed over to the Niger state government, after which they will be reunited with their families.
He said: “This courageous effort by our security forces reaffirms our nation’s resolve to protect its people.
“The Federal Government empathizes with the parents and guardians of the pupils for the agony the abduction has caused them, wishes them a pleasant family reunion, a good healing process, compliments of the season and a Merry Christmas.”
