BREAKING: Fina::y CAN Releases Names of Students Who Escaped From Niger School Abduction [FULL LIST]

Fifty pupils abducted from St. Mary’s Private Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State, have escaped from captivity and reunited with their families, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) confirmed on Sunday.

The pupils were taken during a midnight attack on the school last week. According to CAN, they regained their freedom between Friday and Saturday but did not immediately return to the school premises.

Most Rev. Bulus Dauwa Yohanna, Niger State CAN Chairman and Catholic Bishop of the Kontagora Diocese, said the school administration verified the children’s escape after contacting their parents.

He explained that the pupils, frightened and disoriented after fleeing through the night, instinctively headed to their homes rather than back to the school compound. School officials later visited the families to confirm each child’s safe return.

Below is the full list of the 50 pupils who escaped:

Samson Bitrus
Emmanuel Francis
Amos Mathew
Timothy Peter
Ayuba Victor
Bulus Emmanuel
Bulus Samaila
Caleb Hossa
Catherine Emmanuel
Christopher Ezekiel
Dominic Daniel
Dominic Elisha
Elisha Haruna
Ezekiel Yakubu
Ezekiel Emmanuel
Ezekiel Samuel
Ezekiel Plus
Ezra James
Femi Peter
Gloria Jeremiah
Godiya Mathew
Ibiya
Ishaaya David
Joseph Sunday
Julius Paul
Justina Adamu
Keziah Musa
Lawrence James
Lawrence Yohanna
Marcus Bulus
Mariam Joshua
Mathew Dauda
Micah Luka
Michael Jacob
Musa Timothy
Naomi Bulus
Nicodemus Ibrahim
Peter Jonathan
Priscilla Peter
Emmanuel Godwin
Samaila Dauda
Stephen Andrew
Sunday Shadrach
Victoria David
Victoria Ishaku
Vincent Emmanuel
Yahaya Sani
Yakubu Saminu
Yunusa Musa
Yusuf Sunday