The students of Government Secondary School Awon in Kachia district were seized on April 3 in the latest abduction of pupils in the region, Samuel Aruwan, Kaduna state internal affairs commissioner said in a statement late Tuesday.
"The eight female students... have escaped from the terrorists' den," Aruwan said, without giving their ages. All the hostages escaped from "a thick forest" on the border between Kaduna and central Niger State and walked for several days before reaching a location where they were given shelter, said Aruwan.
Insecurity will be a major challenges for President-elect Bola Tinubu, the ruling APC party candidate who won a presidential ballot in February marred by technical problems and opposition claims of vote-rigging.