Alhassan disclosed this while speaking to journalists on Friday after the pupils, who were abducted on May 30, regained their freedom.
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The pupils were abducted from their school premises in June.
Also, some of the 136 abducted pupils of Tanko Salihu Islamiyya School, Tegina in Rafi local government area, are reported to have fallen sick in captivity.
The accident, which occurred on Friday morning, claimed the lives of those that were trapped in the eight houses that were burnt down