The
minister while addressing journalists at a press conference in Abuja confirm
that 21 Chibok schoolgirls were release at 5:30am today, and flown to Kaduna.
‘We expect
them to arrive in Abuja soon. We have the names of the girls and we are now
contacting their parents. As soon as that is done, we will release their
names,” he said.
He emphasised
that the release of the schoolgirls was not secured by a prisoner-swap deal
with Boko Haram.
“Please note
that this is not a swap, but a release,” he said.
“The release
of these girls does not mean an end to military operations, but it is a new
phase in the war against insurgency.”
“People want to believe bad news than good
news. The girls were released, there was no swap,” he said.
Twenty-one of
the girls kidnapped from a school in Chibok by Boko Haram fighters in 2014 were
released in the morning
The release
followed negotiations between Nigeria's government and Boko Haram brokered by
Red Cross and Swiss government officials, a spokesman for the country's
president said on Thursday.
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