A total of 82 Chibok girls have been reportedly freed by the
leadership of Boko Haram, late Saturday according to the Cable News Network
(CNN), reports ITRealms.
Boko Haram, ITRealms gathered refers to by themselves as
al-Wilāyat al-Islāmiyya Gharb Afrīqiyyah, and Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah
wa'l-Jihād meaning "Group of the People of Sunnah for Preaching and
Jihad"), is an Islamic extremist group based in northeastern Nigeria, also active in Chad, Niger and
northern Cameroon.”
According to CNN monitored in Lagos, the Chibok girls were
freed following the successful negotiations between Boko Haram and the Nigerian
government, a government official close to the negotiations confirmed to the
cable TV station.
The source said the freed Chibok girls were presently in
military custody in Banki, in northeastern Nigeria.
The Theater Commander of North-East has also confirmed that
82 Chibok girls were freed.
Equally, it was gathered they are on transfer to the
capital, Abuja, where they will undergo medical checks and definitely reunite
with their families.
ITRealms recalls that a total of 276 girls were allegedly
kidnapped from the village of Chibok in April 2014.
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