Students abducted in May by Muslim militants in Nigeria are rescued, government says
Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu gives a joint statement with Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, at the Planalto presidential palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, file)
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Students abducted in May by Muslim militants in Nigeria's southwestern Oyo state have been rescued, the government said Friday.
Government spokesman Bayo Onanuga did not specify the total number of students rescued, but authorities said at the time of the abductions on May 15 that more than 40 people had been abducted. One of the teachers abducted alongside the students was killed shortly afterward.
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