Abduction: Catholic Diocese in Niger releases full  list of 50 St. Mary’s students who escaped

The Catholic Diocese of Kontagora in Niger state has published the names of 50 students from St. Mary’s School, located in Papiri within Agwara LGA, who have made it out of captivity.

Armed attackers stormed the school on November 21, seizing 315 people — a group comprising 303 pupils and 12 teachers.

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the state earlier disclosed that fifty of those abducted students had managed to escape. According to the association, the students regained their freedom between Friday and Saturday and “quietly reunited with their families”.

Bulus Dauwa Yohanna, CAN chairman in Niger and the Catholic bishop of the Kontagora diocese, explained that the escaped students did not return to the school immediately. He said officials later traced them after establishing contact with some of their parents.

Below is the full list released by the diocese:
Samson Bitrus
Justina Adamu
Emmanuel Francis
Keziah Musa
Amos Mathew
Lawrence James
Timothy Peter
Lawrence Yohanna
Ayuba Victor
Marcus Bulus
Bulus Emmanuel
Mariam Joshua
Bulus Samaila
Mathew Dauda
Caleb Hosea
Micah Luka
Catherine Emmanuel
Michael Jacob
Christopher Ezekiel
Musa Timothy
Dominic Daniel
Naomi Bulus
Dominic Elisha
Nicodemus Ibrahim
Elisha Harunna
Peter Jonathan
Elisha Yakubu
Pricillia Peter
Ezekiel Emmanuel
Emmanuel Godwin
Ezekiel Joel
Samaila Dauda
Ezekiel Pius
Stephen Anthony
Ezra James
Sunday Shedrack
Friday Joel
Gloria Jeremiah
Veronica Iliya
Victoria Ishaku
Godiya Mathew
Vincent Emmanuel
Iliya Philip
Wisdom Fabian
Ishaya David
Yakubu Saminu
Joseph Sunday
Yunusa Musa
Julius Paul
Yusuf Sunday