President Tinubu has charged the security agencies to ensure that remaining 115 students of St. Mary’s Catholic School, Papiri, Niger State, and their teachers who are still held hostage by kidnappers are safely rescued.
This is even as he commended the security agencies for their tireless efforts in securing the freedom of the 100 students released from captivity yesterday.
Recall that about 250 students and their teachers were kidnapped from the St. Mary’s Catholic School, Papiri, Niger State, after armed attackers invaded the school in the early hours of 21st November 2025.
President Tinubu, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Information & Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, assured the parents that both the federal and the Niger State governments are working closely to reunite all the abducted students with their families.
“I have been briefed on the safe return of 100 students from the Catholic School in Niger State. I rejoice with Governor Umar Bago and commend our security agencies for their steadfast work in ensuring the safe return of the students to their families since the unfortunate incident on November 21.
“My directive to our security forces remains that all the students and other abducted Nigerians across the country must be rescued and brought back home safely. We must account for all the victims.
The statement said the Federal Government would continue to work with Niger State and other states to secure our schools and make the learning environment safer and more conducive for our young ones.
“From now on, our security agencies, working with the governors, must prevent future kidnappings. Our children should no longer be sitting ducks for heartless terrorists’ intent on disrupting their education and subjecting them and their parents to unspeakable trauma,” President Tinubu said.
