Twenty
one of the more than 200 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist Boko Haram
insurgents in April 2014 have been released to the Nigerian government.
The sources disclosed that the girls were picked up by military
helicopter from Banki area of Borno state where Boko Haram militants dropped
them off earlier today.
The release of the 21 girls comes as President Buhari began a
three-day trip to Germany to discuss assistance for the rebuilding of the
northeastern part of Nigeria ravaged by Boko Haram.
Also, a senior government official in Nigeria told the BBC that
21 of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram militants have been freed.
It is understood the girls are being held by the security
services in the north-eastern city of Maiduguri.
It is not yet clear how the girls were rescued, but the Nigerian
military is currently carrying out a large-scale operation in the Sambisa
forest, Boko Haram’s stronghold.
The Islamist militant group kidnapped more than 200 girls from a
school in Chibok in April 2014.
Until now only one girl had been rescued.
A vigilante group found Amina Ali Nkeki in May with her
suspected militant husband and her new baby.
Over 200 secondary school girls were kidnapped by Boko Haram in
Chibok in April 2014. There have been outrage from several pressure groups on
government to facilitate the release of the school girls.
In recent time, the Federal Government has agreed to enter into negotiation
with Boko Haram for the release of the girls through swapping them with some
Boko Haram detainees in custody of government.
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