8 Facts You Should Know About the Release of 21 Chibok Girls from Boko
Haram.
The 21 girls were released on
Thursday, October 13, after being held captive by the insurgents for over two
years. The deadly sect kidnapped 276 girls from their school in Chibok, Borno
state in April 2014. No fewer than 57 girls managed to escape from their
captors.
Since then, all efforts to rescue
the remaining girls have proved abortive. The federal government has been
trying to reach an agreement with the insurgents and today, some of the girls
are free after years of captivity.
Here are 8 facts you should know about the release so far:
1. Their release was brokered by International Red Cross and
the Swiss government.
2. They are the first batch of the kidnapped girls to be
released following an alleged prisoner swap of detained Boko Haram militants.
3. The 21 released Chibok girls were allegedly swapped with
four high profile Boko Haram militants.
4. Out of the 21 girls released, 1 is a nursing mother
according to a corrected information.
5. They have been taken by a military chopper to a medical
facility for evaluation.
6. They left the Nigeria Airforce base
in Maiduguri at 9.15am and are on their way to Abuja.
7. Five out of Twenty-one names of the chibok girls have
been released so far
8. The Nigerian government is yet to contact the parents of
the 21 Chibok girls to identify them.
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