Nigerians celebrate the release of abducted schoolboys from Katsina

Nigeria celebrates the release of 344 schoolboys who were abducted last week from a school in the northern state of Katsina. The BBC's Khalifa Dokaji tells Focus on Africa how the families have welcomed the news, and investigates the circumstances of their release.

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(Photo: Released students from the Government Science Secondary school, in Kankara, in northwestern Katsina State, Nigeria are led into the Government House upon their release on December 18. Credit:by KOLA SULAIMON/AFP via Getty Images)