A total of 50 of the 303 schoolchildren abducted from a Catholic institution in Nigeria have managed to escape captivity. The development offers some solace amidst one of the largest school abductions in the nation's history.
The children, aged between 10 and 18, reportedly made their individual escapes between Friday and Saturday. However, the crisis continues for 253 schoolchildren and 12 teachers who remain held by their kidnappers, according to the Most Rev. Bulus Dauwa Yohanna, chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Niger state and the school's proprietor.
