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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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