BREAKING: Abducted Nigerian Chibok School Girls Released

An unclear number of the Chibok girls
kidnapped by the extremist Boko Haram
sect in April have been released, officials
said.
A top military source said two Toyota Hiace
buses loaded with the girls were driven
into the Maimalari Barracks in Maiduguri
this evening.
When contacted, Defence Spokesperson,
Chris Olukolade, confirmed the
development.
Olukolade, the Nigeria military spokesman
says some of the schoolgirls abducted in
April have been released and are now in
military custody.
He said the exercise was still ongoing and
that appropriate statement would be made
soon. Sources at the Presidency had also
said Goodluck Jonathan who seeks a re-
election campaign had promised to ensure
the girls are rescued before his formal
declaration seeking a second term
mandate.
The International Committee of the Red
Cross had been reportedly involved in a
secret prisoner swap deal to secure the
release of the Nigerian schoolgirls
kidnapped by Boko Haram, along with the
Nigerian government, the Telegraph
UK reported. Officials from the Geneva-
based organisation have sat in on talks
between the Nigerian government and a
senior Boko Haram leader currently held
in one of the country's maximum security
prisons. It is however unclear if it is the
negotiation with the Red Cross that saw to
the release of the school girls.
On the night of 14–15 April 2014, 276[1]
female students were kidnapped from the
Government Secondary School in the town
of Chibok in Borno State, Nigeria. The
kidnappings were claimed by Boko Haram,
an Islamic Jihadist and terrorist
organization based in northeast Nigeria.
As of 29 June, more than 200 students
were still missing.[2] Boko Haram has said
that it wants to sell the girls.
The Nigerian government has been heavily
criticised for failing to protect the
population and end Boko Haram terrorist
actions.


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