Kaduna State Government has announced the release of the two hundred and eighty-seven schoolchildren kidnapped from Kuriga, Chikun Local Government Area of the State.
Governor Uba Sani in a statement, appreciated President Bola Tinubu, for prioritising the safety and security of Nigerians and particularly ensuring that the abducted Kuriga school children were released unharmed.
The Governor also appreciated the courage of the officers of the Nigerian Army for seeing to the successful release of the schoolchildren.
On March seven, the schoolchildren from LEA Primary School and Government Secondary School, Kuriga, were abducted by the hoodlums who took them into the forest.
The abductors demanded one billion naira for their release while giving a deadline of March twenty-seven, 2024, for the payment of the ransom.
