The students from Mahuta, Dandume Local Government Area, were abducted on their way back from Maulud celebrations at a village called Unguwar Al-Kasim.

Police in the state have confirmed the incident but added that all the abducted students have now been rescued by security forces and local vigilantes.

The incident is coming a day after gunmen freed more than 300 schoolboys abducted last week from a government secondary school in Kankara.

The students were released in neighbouring Zamfara State after days of negotiations with abductors.