Niger CAN releases names of 50 Catholic school students who escaped abduction ( Full List )

The Catholic Diocese of Kontagora in Niger State has released the names of 50 students of St. Mary’s School in the Papiri community of Agwara LGA.

On November 21, armed men attacked the school and abducted 315 people, including 303 students and 12 teachers.

Earlier, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Niger State announced that fifty students taken from the school had escaped from captivity.

The association explained that the pupils regained freedom between Friday and Saturday and “quietly reunited with their families”.

Bulus Dauwa Yohanna, chairman of the Niger State chapter of CAN and the Catholic bishop of Kontagora Diocese, said the pupils who escaped could not return to the school immediately, but they were later traced after officials contacted some parents and visited their homes.

Below are the names of the students:

1. Samson Bitrus

2. Justina Adamu

3. Emmanuel Francis

4. Keziah Musa

5. Amos Mathew

6. Lawrence James

7. Timothy Peter

8. Lawrence Yohanna

9. Ayuba Victor

10. Marcus Bulus

11. Bulus Emmanuel

12. Mariam Joshua

13. Bulus Samaila

14. Mathew Dauda

15. Caleb Hosea

16. Micah Luka

17. Catherine Emmanuel

18. Michael Jacob

19. Christopher Ezekiel

20. Musa Timothy

21. Dominic Daniel

22. Naomi Bulus

23. Dominic Elisha

24. Nicodemus Ibrahim

25. Elisha Harunna

26. Peter Jonathan

27. Elisha Yakubu

28. Pricillia Peter

29. Ezekiel Emmanuel

30. Emmanuel Godwin

31. Ezekiel Joel

32. Samaila Dauda

33. Ezekiel Pius

34. Stephen Anthony

35. Ezra James

36. Sunday Shedrack

37. Friday Joel

38. Gloria Jeremiah

39. Veronica Iliya

40. Victoria Ishaku

41. Godiya Mathew

42. Vincent Emmanuel

43. Iliya Philip

44. Wisdom Fabian

45. Ishaya David

46. Yakubu Saminu

47. Joseph Sunday

48. Yunusa Musa

49. Julius Paul

50. Yusuf Sunday

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