BREAKING: Boko Haram Frees 21 Chibok Girls (Updated)
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The Boko Haram Terrorist have released twenty-one of the over 200 school girls kidnapped in Chibok, Borno State over two years ago.
This was confirmed by the Senior Special Adviser Media to the President, Malam Garba Shehu via his twitter handle on Thursday.
The presidency revealed that the release of the girls, “is the outcome of negotiations between the administration and the Boko Haram brokered by the International Red Cross and the Swiss government.”
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It is confirmed that 21 of the missing Chibok Girls have been released and are in the custody of the Department of State Services, DSS.
— Mallam Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) October 13, 2016
The Director-General, Malam LAWAL Daura just finished briefing the President H.E MUHAMMADU Buhari.
— Mallam Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) October 13, 2016
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The release of the girls, in a limited number is the outcome of negotiations between the administration and the Boko Haram…
— Mallam Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) October 13, 2016
…brokered by the International Red Cross and the Swiss government. The negotiations will continue.
— Mallam Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) October 13, 2016
The names of the released girls follows shortly.
— Mallam Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) October 13, 2016
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It was gathered that the Boko Haram militants dropped the schoolgirls off on Thursday. The girls were as at the time of filing this report, in the custody of the Department of State Security, DSS.
