1 of 2 | A signpost pictured February 2021 in front of the Government Science College where gunmen previously kidnapped students and staff in Kagara, Niger State, Nigeria. On Tuesday, two school girls were rescued after at least 25 school children and a teacher were kidnapped among a flurry of other similar abductions in the region over recent years. File Photo By EPA
Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Two girls were rescued Tuesday after at least 25 schoolchildren and a teacher were kidnapped from a school in northwestern Nigeria, local officials said.
Nigerian authorities said the two young girls ran from their armed captors after being led into a bushy area. The girls escaped across farmland in the Nigerian state of Kebbi, Hussaini Aliyu, a member of the local Danko Wasagu council, told the BBC.
He added the pair were "back and are safe." One victim, however, required medical treatment for a leg injury.
The group were taken during the Monday morning hours from the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Maga.
