Nigerian parents urge government to #BringBackOurBoys

By DW

15 December 2020 | 7:00 am

The federal defense minister has confirmed that an operation is underway to free hundreds of schoolboys who were abducted by gunmen in Katsina. Only prayers are needed 'so that there is no collateral damage,' he says.

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