50 schoolchildren escape captivity in Nigeria, 253 students and 12 teachers still being held

ABUJA Nigeria AP Fifty of the schoolchildren abducted from a Catholic school in north-central Nigeria s Niger state have escaped captivity and are now with their families the school authority disclosed Sunday The schoolchildren aged between and escaped separately between Friday and Saturday according to the The majority Rev Bulus Dauwa Yohanna chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Niger state and the proprietor of the school A total of schoolchildren and teachers are still held by the kidnappers he reported in a announcement Source