"I cannot express in a few words how happy I am to welcome our dear girls back to freedom," Buhari told the girls surrounding him in his residency, a presidency statement said. A military source said three Boko Haram commanders had been freed in an exchange, but declined to give further details. Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari applauds as he welcomes a group of Chibok girls, who were held captive for three years by the millitant group Boko Haram, in Abuja, Nigeria, May 7, 2017. Boost for BuhraiTheir release was a boost for Buhari, a former military ruler who made crushing Boko Haram a pillar of his election campaign in 2015. Although the kidnapping of the Chibok girls caught global attention, Boko Haram, which has pledged loyalty to Islamic State, has kidnapped thousands of adults and children.

Source: bd News24 May 07, 2017 20:15 UTC