Nigeria, March 24 -- The Defence Headquarters, on Sunday, disclosed how troops successfully rescued no fewer than 137 abducted pupils and teachers of LEA School Kuriga in the Chikun Local Government Area in Kaduna within Zamfara State.

It would be recalled that about 287 pupils and teachers of the school were abducted by suspected terrorists on March 7, 2024, who took them into the forest.

Their abductors subsequently requested a ransom of N1bn for their release, setting a deadline of March 27, 2024, for the payment.

However, the Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj Gen. Edward Buba, in a statement, stated that the victims were rescued in the early hours of Sunday by the troops with support from local authorities and government agen...