Olalekan AdetayoPresident Muhamamdu Buhari on Saturday expressed joy over the release of three University of Maiduguri lecturers abducted by suspected Boko Haram terrorists in Magumeri, Borno State. Also released from the Boko Haram terrorists, according to the statement, are 10 women kidnapped in a raid by the militant group on a military/police convoy on Damboa Road, near Maiduguri. Shehu said their release followed a series of negotiations facilitated by the International Committee of the Red Cross, as directed by the President. In expectation of being brought to the DSS headquarters, he said a team of doctors and psychologists had been placed on standby. He added that the rescued persons might be presented to the President and thereafter released to their families, if there are no issues of security or medical concerns.

Source: Punch February 11, 2018 00:33 UTC