82 freed Chibok schoolgirls flown to Nigerian capital
Source: The Guardian
Sunday, May 7, 2017
Eighty-two Chibok schoolgirls held captive for more than three years by the Nigerian militant group Boko Haram have been released and flown to the Nigerian capital, Abuja, in a deal that involved an exchange of prisoners held by the government.
The young women were among 276 mostly Christian schoolgirls whose abduction by Boko Haram caused an international outcry in April 2014. In the early hours of Sunday the Red Cross secured the transfer of the former captives, who were flown to Abuja, where they were expected to meet the president. Anxious families awaited an official list of the names of those released.
The former captives were photographed boarding a helicopter on Sunday morning, after the government negotiated their release in exchange for an unspecified number of prisoners from Boko Haram.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/07/chibok-schoolgirls-familes-await-as-82-are-freed-by-boko-haram-exchange-prison
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