Nigeria, July 14 -- The principal of Community High School, Ahoro-Esinele, in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, Rachael Alamu, has recounted how kidnappers forced abducted pupils and teachers to undertake repeated night-time treks through dense forests for nearly two months as they constantly fled security operatives searching for them.

Mrs Alamu narrated the ordeal during an interview with journalists at the Oyo State Government House in Ibadan on Monday after she and 43 other victims were formally handed over to the state government following their rescue on 10 July.

She said the abductors frequently relocated the captives whenever they suspected security forces were closing in, forcing even the youngest pupils to endure exha...