Nigerian Boys Taken in Kidnapping Claimed by Boko Haram Are Freed

More than 300 schoolboys kidnapped by gunmen from their boarding school in northwest Nigeria last week were handed over to security agencies late Thursday, Nigeria’s government said, prompting outpourings of relief and joy across Africa’s most populous nation after fears they would become long-term hostages of jihadist militants. (Wall Street Journal)

Shortly after 8 p.m. on Thursday, Aminu Bello Masari, the governor of Katsina state, announced in a televised interview that 344 of the boys had been handed over in the forest of neighboring Zamfara state and would be immediately driven to Katsina for medical treatment. (Wall Street Journal)

Some of the abducted children had addressed the Nigerian government in a video released earlier on Thursday, which bore the logo of Boko Haram. (CNN)

The video shows dozens of children under a tree, who appear tired. The voice in the video claims to be Abubakar Shekau, a leader of one of Boko Haram's factions. (CNN)

The abductions of the schoolboys is a frightening reminder of Boko Haram’s previous attacks on schools. In February 2014, 59 boys were killed when the jihadists attacked the Federal Government College Buni Yadi in Yobe State. (New York Post)

In April 2014, Boko Haram kidnapped more than 270 schoolgirls from a government boarding school in Chibok in northeastern Borno State. About 100 of those girls are still missing. (New York Post)

Source: https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/17/africa/nigerian-schoolboys-released-intl/index.html

Source: https://nypost.com/2020/12/17/nigerias-boko-haram-rebels-release-video-of-abducted-boys/

Source: https://www.wsj.com/articles/hundreds-of-nigerian-boys-kidnapped-by-boko-haram-handed-over-governor-says-11608238209

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