Nigeria, March 28 -- The 137 children of a school in Kuriga, Kaduna State rescued from bandits by the Nigerian military were presented to their parents at a government facility in Kaduna State on Wednesday.

However, the state government said they would not be handed over to the parents until Thursday when Governor Uba Sani would be available to do the handing over.

The parents met the children in the presence of some top government officials led by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Abdulkadir Meyere.

It would be recalled that the children were handed over to the state government on Monday by the military authorities in the state.

The children were abducted on 7 March and rescued 17 days after in Zamfara State by the militar...