ZAMFARA, 4 March, 2021 (TON): The abducted Nigerian schoolgirls were reunited with their families on Wednesday.

On Tuesday, State Governor Bello Matawalle announced the release of 279 school girls.

Parents were seen joyous to unite with their daughters for their safe return.

Hundreds of teenage girls abducted last Friday from their boarding school in Jangebe in north-western Nigeria were reunited with their families on Wednesday.

Abdullahi Anka, the father of three released schoolgirls is happy to have his children back, although he is yet to see one of them.

The officials have claimed that bandits were behind the abductions that are also involved in stealing livestock on a large scale and carrying out kidnappings for ransom or to push for the release of their members from jail.

Nigeria has been a region where criminal activity had been persisted for more than a decade now, including several mass abductions, and the recent that caught international attention and trauma was 2014’s Chibok incident when 276 high school girls were kidnapped.