FREED AT LAST: 137 RESCUED KURIGA STUDENTS ARRIVED AT KADUNA STATE GOVERNMENT HOUSE


  Dayo Awoniyi


The 137  abducted  students  from Kuriga, in  Kaduna State, who regained their freedom  yesterday, have arrived at the Government House in Kaduna.


Their release was announced by  Kaduna State Government in  a statement signed by the state Governor, Uba Sani.


The statement partly read, “I wish to announce that our Kuriga school children have been released.”

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