The 137 Kaduna schoolchildren rescued from terrorists will today (Thursday), be reunited with their families
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 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.
On Wednesday, the Secretary to the State Government of Kaduna State, Dr. Abdulkadir Meyere, announced that the students would be formally reunited with their parents today.
Meyere spoke when he played host to the abducted children at the Government House.
The Women and Children Shelter, where they were undergoing psychosocial therapy.
He had added that they would be handed over to the state government as soon as they were certified to be medically fit.
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