Eighty-three Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped three years ago by Boko Haram extremists in northern Nigeria have been released into military custody, authorities said late Saturday. At the time, Nigeria's government said another group of 83 girls would be released "very soon." Many of the kidnapped girls, most of whom were Christians, were forced to marry the Islamic extremists and became pregnant. The Nigerian government has denied that a ransom was paid in the October release and that it freed some detained Boko Haram fighters in exchange for the girls. The 276 schoolgirls kidnapped from Chibok in northern Nigeria in April 2014 are among thousands of people abducted by the Nigeria-based Boko Haram over the years.

Source: Fox News May 06, 2017 21:42 UTC