The Nigerian army have rescued three more students abducted from theย Federal Government College, Birnin-Yauri, inย Kebbi state.
Nigeria Army made the disclosure in a press statement by army spokesperson, Onyema Nwachukwu, added that a teacher was also rescued alongside the students.
Nwachukwu said the abductees were rescued by troops of operation Hadarin Daji on Saturday.
Recall that number of students and teachersย were kidnappedย when gunmen attacked the school on Thursday.
On Friday, some of the abducteesย were rescuedย by troops; however, one of the kidnapped students was killed.
He disclosed that one of the gunmen was killed, while nine motorcycles and four handsets were recovered during the rescue operation.
According to him, โTroops of the Nigerian Army operating under the auspices of Operation Hadarin Daji supported by Nigerian Air Force component have rescued more abductees of the FGC Birnin Yauri,โ Nwachukwu said.
โOne teacher and three students were rescued yesterday at Makuku in the ongoing search and rescue operations.
โThe troops also killed one bandit and recovered nine motorcycles and four handsets from the fleeing bandits.
โAdditional troops have also been deployed to dominate the forest and deny the bandits freedom of action.โ