Eight schoolgirls kidnapped by gunmen in northern Kaduna state two weeks ago have escaped from their captors.
The students were seized by an armed gang on their way home from a government secondary school in Awon area of Kachia.
Kaduna state security commissioner Samuel Aruwan says the students escaped through a thick forest near the border with Niger state.
The students walked for days before being found by some villagers, he said.
They have been taken to a military facility in Kaduna to receive medical attention, local media reports.
Gangs who operate mostly in remote parts of north-west Nigeria often kidnap students and demand hefty ransom payments for their freedom.
BBC
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