Nigerian students abducted in May rescued, government confirms
Nigerian authorities announced the recovery of students who had been held for weeks after being taken from a school in the country's southwest.
Nigeria's government said a group of students kidnapped in May by Muslim militants in the southwestern state of Oyo have been rescued, according to a report from the Associated Press carried in Abuja.
Officials did not immediately provide additional details on the number of students involved, the circumstances of their rescue, or the condition of those recovered.
The abduction had occurred in Oyo state two months earlier, part of a wider pattern of kidnappings in Nigeria that have targeted schools and students in recent years.
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