The incident occurred around 11:00 p.m. Wednesday at Kwaita community in the Kwali Council Area of the FCT.
“[We’re] in need of your prayers fellow Muslims,” Mr. Gorau said.
The Kingdom via its Health Minister, Tawfiq al-Rabiah, made the disclosure in a circular issued on Monday.
“We lost just two policemen, and their rifles were taken away.”
Army spokesman told Peoples Gazette that the the level of damage caused by the inferno is minimal.
It was unclear how many of the 317 girls were released and under what terms, but the governor’s statement indicated a substantial majority.
The conditions of his release are not immediately known.
The assailants abducted 11 persons including seven women and nursing mothers in separate attacks carried in different communities.
The announcement came hours after news of Mr. Tanko-Yakasai’s arrest by the SSS gripped the nation, prompting widespread condemnation of President Muhammadu Buhari.
The pro-PDP social media commentator was taken away from his residence on Friday morning, Peoples Gazette understands.
