Nigeria, Dec. 21 -- The remaining students and teachers abducted from St. Mary's Catholic School, Papiri, in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, have regained their freedom, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt from local residents and security sources.

A security official familiar with the rescue operation confirmed that those released account for all the remaining victims taken during the 21 November attack on the school. The exact number of the latest batch of freed abductees, however, could not be immediately ascertained.

The victims were among students and teachers seized when armed assailants, riding on motorcycles, stormed the boarding school at about 2:00 a.m.

The attackers reportedly operated for nearly three hours, moving systemat...