Remaining 115 students of Catholic Missionary School Papiri regain freedom

The 115 schoolchildren of St. Mary’s Private Catholic Primary and Secondary School, Papiri, in Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State still being held by their captors have regained their freedom.

The release of the children is coming barely one month after they were abducted by the terrorists in a midnight raid on the school where 315 of them including their Teachers taken away.

Recalled that 100 of the children were released two weeks ago and have been reunited with their families.

Although there is no official confirmation of the release yet, it was gathered that the school children were released on Friday evening in far away forest between Agwara and Borgu local government areas of the state.

Already security agents from the office of the National Security Adviser have been mobilized for evacuation of the children under heavy security.

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Equally, the state governor Umaru Mohammed Bago cancelled all his official engagement and his proposed brief holiday and ordered prayers for the release of the remaining children.

The governor also ordered the closure of all schools in Niger State and several other federal institutions in high-risk areas to prevent further attacks.

The National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, accompanied with other federal government delegation visited Kontagora to meet the Catholic Bishop of the Diocese, Bulus Dauwa Yohanna, and distraught parents of the abducted children. Ribadu during the meeting assured them that the pupils were in stable condition and would soon be returned safely.

“God is with them and God is with us. Evil will never win. They are going to come back. I give you that assurance,” he stated during the visit.

However after 100 of the children were two weeks ago, attention was immediately shifted to the fate of the remaining 215 as security agencies continue coordinated operations to secure their release.
More details later.

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