The Catholic Diocese of Kontagora in Niger State has published the names of 50 students who escaped after being abducted during the attack on St. Mary’s School, located in the Papiri community of Agwara Local Government Area, Okay News reports.
Armed men invaded the school on November 21, abducting 315 people, including 303 students and 12 teachers, in one of the country’s largest school kidnappings in recent years.
Earlier, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Niger State confirmed that fifty pupils managed to flee between Friday and Saturday and “quietly reunited with their families”.
According to Bulus Dauwa Yohanna, Chairman of CAN in Niger State and Bishop of the Kontagora Diocese, the children did not immediately return to the school but were traced after officials contacted and visited their parents.
To ensure transparency and aid ongoing verification efforts, the Diocese released the official list of the 50 students who escaped:
- Samson Bitrus
- Justina Adamu
- Emmanuel Francis
- Keziah Musa
- Amos Mathew
- Lawrence James
- Timothy Peter
- Lawrence Yohanna
- Ayuba Victor
- Marcus Bulus
- Bulus Emmanuel
- Mariam Joshua
- Bulus Samaila
- Mathew Dauda
- Caleb Hosea
- Micah Luka
- Catherine Emmanuel
- Michael Jacob
- Christopher Ezekiel
- Musa Timothy
- Dominic Daniel
- Naomi Bulus
- Dominic Elisha
- Nicodemus Ibrahim
- Elisha Harunna
- Peter Jonathan
- Elisha Yakubu
- Pricillia Peter
- Ezekiel Emmanuel
- Emmanuel Godwin
- Ezekiel Joel
- Samaila Dauda
- Ezekiel Pius
- Stephen Anthony
- Ezra James
- Sunday Shedrack
- Friday Joel
- Gloria Jeremiah
- Veronica Iliya
- Victoria Ishaku
- Godiya Mathew
- Vincent Emmanuel
- Iliya Philip
- Wisdom Fabian
- Ishaya David
- Yakubu Saminu
- Joseph Sunday
- Yunusa Musa
- Julius Paul
- Yusuf Sunday
