The 24 schoolgirls abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Maga, Kebbi state, have been rescued.

Security sources confirmed the rescue of the girls, according to TheCable on Tuesday.

HorizonTimes sighted the clip of the girls returning in a vehicle from the abductors with a voice asking them to identify themselves on the list released by the government.

Details of the efforts that led to the rescue of the students are still sketchy at the time of this report, but an official announcement is expected tonight.

On November 17, bandits attacked the school and abducted 25 female students after killing an official and injuring a security guard.

According to a BBC report, two of the girls escaped from their captors. Quoting Hussaini Aliyu, an official from Danko Wasagu LGA, the BBC reported that the two students ran away as they were being led into the bushes by the bandits and escaped across farmland.

Details later...