21 Chibok Girls Released by Boko Haram!!!

Twenty one of the more than 200 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist Boko Haram insurgents in April 2014 has been released to the Nigerian government, a government source said. The sources disclosed that the girls were picked up by military helicopter from Banki area of Borno state where Boko Haram militants dropped them off earlier today. The release of the 21 girls comes as President Buhari began a three-day trip to Germany to discuss assistance for the rebuilding of the northeastern part of Nigeria ravaged by Boko Haram. We could not immediately obtain the names of the girls released today.


More details have begun to emerge concerning the release of 21 kidnapped school girls who were abducted from their school hostels 2 years ago in Chibok Town, Bornu State. According to a Boko Haram commander, the release was brokered through a swap deal that involved the release of 4 high profile Boko Haram terrorists whose names are currently unknown. A disturbing report has it that 18 of the 21 freed Chibok girls are nursing mothers who have been impregnated by Boko Haram fighters while in custody. The freed Chibok girls are now on their way to Abuja by air. they left Nigeria Airforce base in Maiduguri for Abuja at 9:15 am Nigeria time.

 Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Shehu Garba, just released the names of the 21 girls Chibok girls released today by Boko Haram members. Here are the names made available by the government:

1. Mary Usman Bulama
2. Jummai John
3. Blessing Abana
4. Lugwa Sanda
5. Comfort Habila
6. Maryam Basheer
7. Comfort Amos
8. Glory Mainta
9. Saratu Emannuel
10. Deborah Ja’afaru
11. Rahab Ibrahim
12. Helen Musa
13. Maryamu Lawan
14. Rebecca Ibrahim
15. Asabe Goni
16. Deborah Andrawus

17. Agnes Gapani

18. Saratu Markus

19. Glory Dama
20. Pindah Nuhu
21. Rebecca Mallam