The girls were brought in two military buses at about 7:20 pm to Aso Rock on Sunday, Channels Television reports.
This evening I received 82 of our daughters, who have just regained their freedom after three years in Boko Haram captivity. pic.twitter.com/fy6pEXAOZx
—”>https://t.co/fy6pEXAOZx”>pic.twitter.com/fy6pEXAOZx
— Muhammadu Buhari (@MBuhari) May”>https://twitter.com/MBuhari/status/861299152730411009″>May 7, 2017
We’ve always made it clear that we will do everything in our power to ensure the freedom & safe return of our daughters,& of all BH captives
— Muhammadu Buhari (@MBuhari) May”>https://twitter.com/MBuhari/status/861299937593700352″>May 7, 2017
Recall that the Federal Government announced Saturday night the release of the 82 girls by Boko Haram terrorist.
The government said it did a prisoner swap with the militant group to get the fresh batch of girls freed by their captors. The first batch of 21 girls were released in October 2016
President Buhari had on Saturday expressed his deep gratitude to security agencies, the military, the government of Switzerland, the Red Cross, local and international NGOs for the success of the operation.