The kidnapped schoolgirls of Government Secondary School in Jangebe, Zamfara State have been released.
A source familiar with the development said the girls are currently waiting to be transported to Gusau, the state capital after an agreement was reached with their abductors.
The girls who were kidnapped on Friday were believed to have been taken to a forest by bandits who reportedly disguised as security personnel.
A source said the girls were kept in the forest between Dangulbi and Sabon Birnin Banaga in the Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
The incident was the latest mass kidnapping for ransom by armed gangs in the North in recent weeks.
A week earlier, bandits had kidnapped dozens of pupils and workers of Government Science College in Kagara, Niger State.
The abductees were released on Saturday.
