The Katsina state government says, the abducted Kankara Science Secondary School students have been freed by their abductors.
PRIME TIME NEWS was told that the 344 boys are on their way to the state capital from Tsafe local government area of Zamfara state.
In an interview with BBC Hausa service on Thursday, Secretary to Katsina State Government, Alhaji Mustapha Inuwa confirmed the development.
Tsafe has a distance of 82.5km to Katsina state from Zamfara.