Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has described as overwhelming news that kidnappers have released unharmed hundreds of schoolgirls in northwest Zamfara state.
Earlier today, state officials said gunmen had freed all 279 girls kidnapped from the Government Girls Science Secondary School in the town of Jangebe.
In a tweet Buhari says he’s pleased that their ordeal has a happy ending.
I join the affected families and the people of Zamfara State in welcoming and celebrating the release of the abducted students of GGSS Jangebe. This news bring overwhelming joy. I am pleased that their ordeal has come to a happy end without any incident.
— Muhammadu Buhari (@MBuhari) March 2, 2021
We are working hard to bring an end to these grim and heartbreaking incidents of kidnapping. The Military and the Police will continue to go after kidnappers. They need the support of local communities in terms of human intelligence that can help nip criminal plans in the bud.
— Muhammadu Buhari (@MBuhari) March 2, 2021
Zamfara state governor on Tuesday told a news conference that “repentant bandits” helped to secure the release the girls.
“Those repentant ones are working for us, and they are working for the government and they are working for security,” governor Bello Matawalle said.
