The abductions at a Catholic school in Papiri saw than 300 students and staff kidnapped last month.

Several parents welcomed the return of their children who were abducted last month when gunmen stormed their school in Nigeria.

The abductions, which saw more than 300 students and staff taken from St Mary’s Catholic school in Papiri on November 21, was the latest in a string of mass abductions that have rocked Nigeria in the past decade.

Days earlier, 25 students were also abducted in nearby Kebbi state.

Luka Illaya, one of the parents, told The Associated Press late on Tuesday: “It has not been easy for me. But today, in fact, I have a little bit of joy, especially because there is still one abducted.

“But I am now happy with this one that I have gotten.”

One of his sons was released

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