The military authorities on Monday, March 25, handed over 131 of the rescued 137 Kuriga schoolchildren to the Kaduna state government, saying that the remaining six, including a male and five female students, were still receiving treatment at a military medical facility in Kaduna.
The General Commanding Officer (GOC), 1 Division Nigerian Army, Major General, Mayirenso Saraso, who handed over the children to Governor Uba Sani said no ransom was paid.
He, however, pointed out that both kinetic and non-kinetic approaches were applied in the rescue of the schoolchildren.
The 131 pupils and students who arrived at Sir Kashim Ibrahim (Government) House at about 2:07pn on Monday in three Coaster and two 14-seater Hiace buses appeared medically stable, except for a few of them who were seen limping, with apparent leg injuries.
They were clad in new dresses and Styrofoam Crocs shoes provided by their authorities.
