BREAKING: 27 students, 15 workers of Govt Science College, Kagara, released
Emerging reports say 27 students and 15 kidnapped staff of Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State, have been released by their abductors.
The Chief Press Secretary to the Niger State governor, Mary Noel-Berje, confirmed the development to journalists on Sunday night.
Meanwhile, Governor Abubakar Sani-Bello and other officials of the state government have received 53 persons released by the bandits at the Government House in Minna.
These include the students and staff of the college as well as passengers of the Niger State Transport Authority (NSTA) who were earlier released by the bandits on Sunday.
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Many of the victims appeared frail and dirty when they arrived at the Government House on Sunday night.
Armed bandits had last Wednesday abducted the victims from the college.
The hoodlums also killed one student during the attack on the college.
Ironically, the hostages were rescued on the same day seven Nigerian Air Force (NAF) officers deployed by military authorities to conduct surveillance missions over Niger State and its environs as part of concerted efforts to secure their release died in a plane crash in Abuja.
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