Richard Kugoy

Details are still emerging.

What we do know so far is that 100 students have been released.

That's the information that we have from the proprietor of the school, who also happens to chair the Christian Association of Nigeria in Niger State.

So the details in terms of how they were rescued or how the release took place is still not known.

Well, that's quite difficult to tell because you don't know whether there were any negotiations or maybe this was done by force, by security agents, because a major operation has been underway since this incident was reported.

And this has really been sanctioned from the highest office in Nigeria.

So you should know that payment of ransom in Nigeria is illegal.

It's outlawed.

Yeah, but, you know, there are all these indications that possibly in some instances people

ransom could be paid.

But for this one, we don't know yet.

And perhaps even attempts to get a comment from the authorities regarding the circumstances has not been forthcoming.

What the authorities have said is that the operation is underway to secure their release.

So we don't know whether there have been any negotiations, you know, behind the scenes that have been taking place because, you know, Nigeria says they cannot negotiate with criminal gangs who are said to be behind the speed of abductions and that what they do is mostly illegal.

is possibly just to get ransom payments.

But what the authorities said is that they have reassured, and this is from the National Security Advisor, he told the schools or authorities that they would secure the release of the students and this will be done in batches.

So this perhaps then points to maybe what is expected to happen, maybe possibly in the next coming days or even weeks.

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