Photo: Al-JazeeraThe scene at an earlier release of Chibok girls. A total of 82 Chibok schoolgirls were set free yesterday by their Boko Haram captors following 'rigorous' negotiations, Daily Trust on Sunday reliably gathered. Boko Haram abducted 276 girls during a night raid on their school hostel in the town of Chibok. A source within government said the same actors that worked for the release of 21 girls last year secured the freedom of the 82 girls. "What I can assure you is that 82 girls have been freed today and they are on their way home.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 07, 2017 03:56 UTC