UPDATE: 101 of the 110 abducted Dapchi schoolgirls have been confirmed release and documented so far, the number of the girls would be updated after the remaining ones have been documented.
Nigeria’s government now says 101 of the 110 schoolgirls abducted a month ago by Boko Haram are confirmed freed, and it indicates that the release is not over.
An aide to President Muhammadu Buhari says on Twitter that the number “would be updated after the remaining ones have been documented.”
Nigeria’s government has said “no ransoms were paid” in the release.
Witnesses in Dapchi town say Boko Haram extremists released the girls in the middle of town before dawn Wednesday with a warning: “Don’t ever put your daughters in school again.”
Nigeria’s government now says 91 of the 110 schoolgirls abducted a month ago by Boko Haram are confirmed freed.
The information minister tells reporters that a boy also has been released.
Nigeria’s government has said “no ransoms were paid” in the release.
Witnesses in Dapchi town say Boko Haram extremists released the girls in the middle of town before dawn Wednesday with a warning: “Don’t ever put your daughters in school again.”
Nigeria’s government says “no ransoms were paid” in the release of dozens of schoolgirls kidnapped a month ago by Boko Haram extremists.
Nigeria says 76 of the 110 schoolgirls are confirmed freed but that the release is “ongoing.”
The country’s information minister says the girls were released “through back-channel efforts and with the help of some friends of the country, and it was unconditional.”
Witnesses in Dapchi town say the extremists drove into town before dawn and dropped off the girls with a warning: “Don’t ever put your daughters in school again.”
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