Bulus Dauwa Yohanna, chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Niger state and the proprietor of the school. It was not immediately clear where the Niger state children were being held or how they managed to return home. Fifty of the more than 300 children snatched by gunmen from the school in Nigeria have escaped their captors and reunited with their families, according to the Christian Association of Nigeria. Niger state hurriedly closed down all schools after Friday’s attack, while some federal colleges in conflict hotspots across the region were also closed by the Nigerian government. The school attack earlier this week in Kebbi state was in a Muslim-majority town.
