Nigeria: Group of kidnapped schoolgirls released
Lagos, March 21 (IBNS): Several Nigerian girls, who were allegedly kidnapped by terrorists from Dapchi town, have been freed, media reports said.
Many of the Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by militants from the town of Dapchi have returned, according to residents who spoke to the BBC.
The group of school girls were kidnapped by terrorists belonging to the Boko Haram group last month, reports said.
They have returned to Dapchi.
A group of schoolgirls kidnapped last month in Nigeria by the terror group Boko Haram have been released and returned to their hometown of Dapchi, Nigerian presidential aide Garba Shehu told CNN on Wednesday.
In February, Boko Haram terrorists had abducted 110 girls from the Government Girls Science and Technical College in Nigeria.
It is still not clear how many girls have been released.
The secretary of the school's parents' association, Kachalla Bukar, told CNN the girls were seen walking into Dapchi at about 7:30 a.m. local time.
"The girls said Boko Haram dropped them about 20 kilometers into Dapchi town and told them to find their way," he told the US news channel.
"I saw about 50 of them but I haven't seen Aisha, my daughter ... parents are rejoicing here, but we can see they have suffered," he said.
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