JANGEBE, Nigeria—Gunmen released heaps of of girls who had been kidnapped from a boarding college in Nigeria, bringing to an pause four days of captivity that underlined the unsafe security arena in the northwest of the nation.
Dozens of armed men kidnapped girls between the ages of 11 and 17 from the Govt Women Secondary College in town of Jangebe at around 1 a.m. Friday and marched them trusty into a nearby woodland. The abduction used to be the second in barely over per week in Nigeria’s northwest, the put a surge in armed militancy has led to a breakdown of security. Kidnapping for ransom has change into a lucrative exchange.
“Our daughters are literally stable,” Zamfara insist Gov. Bello Matawalle wrote on Twitter in posts accompanied by pictures of girls arriving on the insist condominium wearing matching yellow headscarves. “This follows the scaling of several hurdles laid in opposition to our efforts.”
On the day of the abduction, authorities talked about 317 girls had been taken, nonetheless the Zamfara info commissioner on Tuesday talked about the number used to be actually 279, with out giving a motive for the discrepancy.
Gathered in rows internal the wood-paneled ceremonial corridor insist condominium, the girls sat on gold-padded chairs whereas the governor hailed their rescue. Some stared forward silently whereas others chatted, giddy with the pleasure of being free.
