In keeping faith with its promise, the President Muhammadu Buhari government, saturday, secured the release of additional 82 Chibok girls, bringing the number of abducted Chibok girls that the administration has been able to secure their release since coming to office in 2015 to 106. Yesterday's release was the outcome of the ongoing negotiations with the Boko Haram leadership on the release of the girls captured since April 2014. The statement reads: "The President is pleased to announce that negotiations to release more of the Chibok Girls have born fruits with the release of 82 more Girls today. The President has been receiving full reports from the Director-General of the State Security Services at each stage of the operation." But Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo had disclosed last month that negotiations were ongoing for the release of more Chibok schoolgirls still in the custody of the deadly terror group.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 07, 2017 05:44 UTC