Nigeria, March 24 -- The Governor of Kaduna State, Uba Sani, has announced the release of school children abducted by bandits in Kuriga, Chukun Local Government Area of the state on 7 March.

The governor announced the development on Saturday night.

"In the name of Allah the Beneficient, the Most Merciful, I wish to announce that our Kuriga school children have been released," Mr Sani stated.

PREMIUM TIMES reported how terrorists abducted the children and the school's principal at the joint premises of a primary and secondary school in Kuriga community during the students' morning assembly.

However, the governor did not state how the children were released. The terrorists who abducted the children had earlier demanded a N1 billion rans...