The 137 Kaduna school children rescued from terrorists were today March 28, 2024, officially reunited with their families. The parents met the children in the presence of some top government officials led by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Abdulkadir Meyere. The state government announced on Sunday that the students were rescued in Zamfara State. They were returned and received in Kaduna on Monday by Governor Uba Sani.
The children were abducted on March 7 and rescued 17 days after in Zamfara State by the military.
The General Officer Commanding 1 Div, Maj. Gen. Mayirenso Saraso, who presented the schoolchildren to the governor, said six of them were hospitalised at the Army medical facility, Dalet Barracks, Kawo, Kaduna.
He added that a teacher abducted with the schoolchildren died in captivity.
It was gathered that yesterday the rescued children met with their parents at Kaduna Women and Children Shelter where they were receiving psycho-social treatment.
During the meeting Meyere said the rescue of the children was a promise fulfilled.
Meyere, who represented Governor Uba Sani said: “We should all thank God. It would be recalled that on the very day that this incident happened, the governor came down to Kuriga to sympathise with you. He told you people that these children are his children.”
