The government of Niger State has played down reports stating that the abducted staff and students of Government Science College in Kagara have been released by bandits.
The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mary Noel Berji, in a tweet, said;
”NSTA Bus Abductees Arrive Govt House minna: Please I will want to draw the atttention of the general public to stop mixing up the story .
Those released are the NSTA bus abductees and they have just arrived government house, while efforts are being intensified to get the kagara students released.”