Nigeria, Dec. 27 -- President Bola Tinubu said that the circumstances surrounding the release of kidnapped schoolchildren in Kebbi and Niger states are less important than the fact that they were safely returned, declaring that "the end justifies the means."

The president made the remark at his Lagos residence on Friday when he hosted the delegates of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), led by its President, Daniel Okoh.

Details of the meeting were provided in a statement by the president's spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, on Friday.

In November, two separate terror groups kidnapped schoolchildren and teachers in separate attacks in Kebbi and Niger, marking the resurgence of school abduction.

The captives regained freedom after spe...