Boko Haram terrorists have released 21 girls they abducted from Chibok in Borno State of Nigeria, AFP reported a government official has saying.
#BREAKING Boko Haram releases 21 Chibok girls to Nigeria government: government official
— AFP news agency (@AFP) October 13, 2016
The Nigerian government is yet to confirm the report.
We have seen reports of 21 #ChibokGirls released but are yet to confirm. This will be extremely happy news if true. We are monitoring.
— #BringBackOurGirls (@BBOG_Nigeria) October 13, 2016
The girls were freed by Nigerian forces, not released by Boko Haram, BBC News is reporting.
The terrorists, who want to turn Nigeria into an Islamic Caliphate, kidnapped at least 270 schoolgirls from a school in Chibok in April 2014. The mass kidnapping was condemned globally.
Boko Haram is almost fading out of memory as Nigerian forces continue record huge victories against the terrorists.
President Muhammadu Buhari had vowed he would not declare victory against the terrorist till the abducted Chibok girls are returned to their families.
In May, Nigerian vigilantes and soldiers found 19-year-old Amina Ali Nkeki on the outskirts of the forest. She was with a young child and a man who claimed to be her husband.
Amina was one of the kidnapped girls, it was concluded.
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