Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has clarified that 137 schoolchildren have been kidnapped on March 7, 2024, from Kuriga within the Chikun Native Authorities Space of the state.
The governor mentioned it was not 287 schoolchildren, as was beforehand reported.
Throughout an look on Channels Tv’s Sunday Politics programme, the governor offered the replace, revealing that the army, in cooperation with native authorities from Zamfara State, efficiently rescued all of the kidnapped kids from the clutches of the bandits.
He mentioned, “These numbers have been simply figments of individuals’s imaginations. They simply went to the media and reported these figures.
“At the moment as a pacesetter, I shouldn’t trouble myself about figures and numbers.
“I met with the households of the youngsters, and so they confirmed to me that the numbers given by the army are the proper quantity.
“Immediately, I’m blissful. The households are blissful, and the state authorities is blissful.”
The schoolchildren have been kidnapped from LEA Main College and Authorities Secondary College, Kuriga, on March 7, 2024
Opposite to earlier experiences, the Defence Headquarters introduced on Saturday {that a} complete of 137 college students have been efficiently rescued.
