About 279 of the 317 schoolgirls kidnapped from the Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, in Talata Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State, last Friday have been freed by their abductors.
Yusuf Idris, the media aide to Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara, said that girls were released around 4a.m. today and are currently at the Zamfara Government House awaiting reunion with their parents.
Yesterday, Hadi Sirika, leader of the federal government delegation to Zamfara State briefed President Muhammadu Buhari on the outcome of their mission to the state.
He told State House correspondents after the meeting with the president: “The government and people of Zamfara are very appreciative of the efforts of Mr. President, including all of the things that the president had done towards Zamfara.
“The governor also said he has an unfettered access to Mr President and Mr President has always given him a listening ear, and they have helped him in so many ways in reaching a peaceful coexistence with his people.
“So he’s very glad and he’s very happy. He asked us to greet Mr President and tell Mr President that he should count him as a partner in this challenge.’’
Other members of the delegation were the Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi; Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Sa’adiya Umar-Faruk; and Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen.