Dozens kidnapped from Catholic school in Nigeria escape captors
Hundreds of children and staff remain held by gunmen amid a spate of school attacks in the West African country
But around 253 of the kidnapped children, along with 12 staff members and teachers, were still with the kidnappers, said CAN Chairman Bulus Yohanna, a Catholic Bishop who is also the proprietor of the school.
In a statement, Yohanna said the pupils escaped on Friday and Saturday. Parents rushed to the school in Niger state, to the west of the capital Abuja, after hearing that some children were free.
Amose Ibrahim was one of the parents who went to St Mary’s school to check if any of his three children had escaped.
“Unfortunately, they were not among the escapees,” Ibrahim, whose youngest child is six years old, told Reuters by phone. “As of now, many parents and their loved ones are roaming around the school.”