Nigeria, March 23 -- Seventeen pupils abducted two weeks ago from a Tsangaya school in Gidan Baya in Gada Local Government Area of Sokoto State have been released

PREMIUM TIMES reported how terrorists abducted the children on 9 March from a Tsangaya school - a traditional facility for the teaching of the Qur'an and Islamic knowledge.

The Sokoto State government on Saturday said the children were rescued by the Nigerian Army in collaboration with the Office of the National Security Adviser.

However, the government did not state whether the release of the children involved the payment of a ransom to their abductors.

The governor's spokesperson, Abubakar Bawa, announced the rescue of the children through a statement.

"The Nigerian Army,...