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Niger secures release of abducted bus passengers

The Niger State Government has announced the release of passengers of the state transport authority abducted about a week ago by bandits in the state.

Chief Press Secretary to Governor Abubakar Sani-Bello, Mrs Mary Noel-Berje, said this in a statement on Sunday in Minna.

Eighteen passengers on an NSTA bus were on February 14 abducted by bandits in Kundu village near Zungeru in the Yakila District of Rafi Local Government Area of the state.

The passengers were said to be travelling to Minna from Kotangora when the incident happened.

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