FULL LIST: Niger Diocese Publishes Names of 50 St. Mary’s Students Who Escaped Mass Abduction

The Catholic Diocese of Kontagora in Niger State has published the names of 50 students from St. Mary’s School in the Papiri community of Agwara LGA who managed to escape after the mass abduction that occurred on November 21. Armed men had stormed the school that day and seized 315 people, including 303 students and 12 teachers.

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Niger State confirmed that the students regained freedom between Friday and Saturday. According to CAN, they slipped away from captivity and quietly made their way back to their families.

Bulus Dauwa Yohanna, chairman of CAN in Niger State and bishop of the Kontagora Diocese, explained that many of the children did not return to the school immediately after their escape. Officials were able to locate them after reaching out to parents and visiting several homes.

The diocese released the following list of students who escaped:

1. Samson Bitrus

2. Justina Adamu

3. Emmanuel Francis

4. Keziah Musa

5. Amos Mathew

6. Lawrence James

7. Timothy Peter

8. Lawrence Yohanna

9. Ayuba Victor

10. Marcus Bulus

11. Bulus Emmanuel

12. Mariam Joshua

13. Bulus Samaila

14. Mathew Dauda

15. Caleb Hosea

16. Micah Luka

17. Catherine Emmanuel

18. Michael Jacob

19. Christopher Ezekiel

20. Musa Timothy

21. Dominic Daniel

22. Naomi Bulus

23. Dominic Elisha

24. Nicodemus Ibrahim

25. Elisha Harunna

26. Peter Jonathan

27. Elisha Yakubu

28. Pricillia Peter

29. Ezekiel Emmanuel

30. Emmanuel Godwin

31. Ezekiel Joel

32. Samaila Dauda

33. Ezekiel Pius

34. Stephen Anthony

35. Ezra James

36. Sunday Shedrack

37. Friday Joel

38. Gloria Jeremiah

39. Veronica Iliya

40. Victoria Ishaku

41. Godiya Mathew

42. Vincent Emmanuel

43. Iliya Philip

44. Wisdom Fabian

45. Ishaya David

46. Yakubu Saminu

47. Joseph Sunday

48. Yunusa Musa

49. Julius Paul

50. Yusuf Sunday