- Parents of the 82 Chibok Girls recently freed by Boko Haram have arrived in Abuja
- The parents are in the Federal Capital Territory to reunite with the girls, two weeks after
they regained their freedom.
- The reunion will mark the first time the parents will be meeting their children in more than
three years Parents of the 82 Chibok Girls recently freed by Boko Haram have arrived in
Abuja to reunite with the girls, two weeks after they regained their freedom after
negotiations with the Islamist group, Boko Haram. The girls have been in the Department of
State Services (DSS) medical facility in Abuja since their release and have been subjected
to medical tests. The minister of women affairs and social development, Mrs Jumai
Alhassan had denied reports that their parents were being denied access to them.
She explained that the reality was that their photos had been sent to the parents and that
they were undergoing tests. Over 100 of the Chibok girls who were abducted by Boko
Haram in 2014 are still in captivity.
In a related development, Channels TV reports that the 21 Chibok girls who were released
by Boko Haram in October 2016 have reunited with the 82 of their colleagues that regained
their freedom two weeks ago.
Both batches of girls were freed by Boko Haram in a swap deal with the federal government
after negotiations with the terrorist group. The reunion took place today, Saturday, May 20
in Abuja where the girls have been kept by the government since their release.
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