Students abducted in May by Islamic militants in Nigeria’s southwestern state of Oyo were rescued and receiving medical treatment, confirmed the local government on Friday.
Oyo's Governor Seyi Makinde visited the victims at the military hospital on Saturday, where they were receiving medical attention following their ordeal.
“They were happy to be out of captivity, just like any of us. When your freedom is taken away, it's a different set of minds. But they are glad to be back. Some of them are still very frail. They have to do quite a bit of medical intervention, post-traumatic issues, you know, to be addressed," Makinde said after the visit.
The abductions in the southwestern state represented an escalation of Nigeria’s security crisis as the most of the previous incidents of mass kidnappings took place in the country’s north.
In the same week of the Oyo abduction, dozens of children were kidnapped in Borno State, the epicenter of Nigeria’s long-running insurgency.
