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The two hundred and seventy nine Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped last week from a school in Jangebe, the country\u2019s northwestern Zamfara state have been released.<\/p>\n

The girls, aged 10 and up, subsequently, gathered in Zamfara state\u2019s Government House conference room, where they appeared calm, talking to one another while reporters took pictures of them.<\/p>\n

They will receive a medical examination before they are returned to their parents.<\/p>\n

However, Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara says repentant bandits in the state assisted security agencies in the operation that led to the rescue of Jangebe schoolgirls.<\/p>\n

The governor, who received the girls at about 5;09 a.m. on Tuesday in Gusau, said the 279 girls were returned safely without paying any ransom.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the result of our peace effort and putting to shame all those saying there is no security in this country.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been in discussion since Friday with the abductors and reached agreement on Monday by 4:00 p.m. that the girls were released.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are happy that all 279 have safely returned, they will undergo medical checks and given balanced diets to recuperate by the state government before they are handed back to their respective families.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to appeal to parents not to remove their children from school as a result of this, we will ensure additional security in all the schools.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe thank all media outlets for their support throughout these trying times,\u201d the governor said.<\/p>\n

Matawalle congratulated parents of the victims and Nigerians for the safe return of the girls.<\/p>\n

Gunmen had abducted the girls from their dormitories in Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, on Friday.<\/p>\n

One of the victims, Hafsatu Anka, an SS II student who spoke in tears, said they were laid in trenches littered with human feaces.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe saw other people including women and children and father of one of our school mates who had been in the den for three months.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey walked us on foot where some of us got dislocated on their foot, they would pray as Muslims but never allowed us to pray and they fed us with rice in which they put sand after cooking,\u201d Hafsat narrated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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