The kidnapped schoolgirls of Government Secondary School in Jangebe , Zamfara State have been released and are currently in the palace of the Emir of Anka waiting for transportation to Gusau , the state capital.
A very competent source had informed Sunday PUNCH on Saturday that negotiations with the bandits who kidnapped the schoolgirls had reached a very advanced stage , saying “ they may be in Gusau today . ”
The girls who were kidnapped on Friday were believed to have been taken to a forest by bandits who reportedly disguised as security personnel .
A source said the girls were kept in the forest between Dangulbi and Sabon Birnin Banaga in the Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State .
The incident was the latest mass kidnapping for ransom by armed gangs in the North in recent weeks.
A week earlier , bandits had kidnapped dozens of pupils and workers of Government Science College in Kagara, Niger State .
The abductees were released on Saturday.
Bandits had also last December kidnapped over 300 schoolboys from Government Science Secondary School in Kankara , Katsina State .
The state government which had earlier expressed optimism that the girls would return soon , however , refused to either confirm or deny the rumours that it reached a truce with the abductors concerning their release.
