Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has met with the abductors of school children of the Government Science Secondary School Kagara, Niger State.
The meeting, according to media reports, is currently taking place at the Tagina forest in Niger state.
The bandits had abducted at least 41 people, among whom were 27 students with their teachers.
Another set of bandits also abducted a busload of passengers in the same Niger State.
The police said efforts are on to rescue the abducted students.