Speaking with the media, the governor said that all girls were returned without ransom. He mentioned that the authorities had been in contact with the abductors since the day of the kidnapping and managed to reach an agreement on Monday, Sputnik News reported.
According to Sky News broadcaster, gunmen abducted the students on Friday.
The militants ambushed the Jangebe Government Secondary School on Thursday. They kidnapped the girls and drove them out of the premises on vehicles. Such attacks have recently become a worrying trend in Nigeria's northern and central regions, where banditry and terrorist activities are particularly present.
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