The 24 schoolgirls taken from Government Girls Secondary School, Maga, Kebbi state, have been recovered.
Security sources confirmed the rescue to TheCable on Tuesday.
Information about the specific efforts that resulted in the students’ release remains limited for now, though an official statement is expected later tonight.
On November 17, bandits raided the school and seized 25 female students after killing a staff member and injuring a security guard.
According to a BBC report, two of the girls managed to escape from their abductors. Citing Hussaini Aliyu, an official from Danko Wasagu LGA, the BBC said the pair fled while being escorted into the bush by the attackers, finding safety after running across farmland.
On November 19, Hussaini Aliyu, chairman of Danko/Wasagu LGA in Kebbi, published the names of the 25 abducted schoolgirls.
The document listing the kidnapped students, seen by TheCable, is arranged by their class groupings.
Following the incident, Bello Sani, commissioner of police in Kebbi, said more police tactical units, along with military forces and vigilante groups, had been deployed to the area.
Sani explained that the joint team was searching suspected escape routes and nearby forests in a coordinated mission to recover the students and arrest those responsible.
Waidi Shaibu, chief of army staff (COAS), also instructed troops of Operation FANSAN YANMA to pursue all leads in the ongoing search-and-rescue effort.
President Bola Tinubu likewise directed Bello Matawalle, minister of state for defence, to travel to Kebbi over the abduction.
Tinubu ordered Matawalle to relocate to the state “to monitor security efforts to secure the release of the abducted students”.