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Breaking News: 21 Chibok Girls Abducted By Boko Haram Released.

There are reports that twenty one of out of the over 200 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist Boko Haram insurgents in April 2014 has been released.

A government official said the ‘insurgents group released the 21 Chibok girls to the Nigerian government’ Other sources revealed that the Chibok girls were rescued in Banki area of Borno state where Boko Haram militants had left them Thursday by military helicopter.

Jihadist group Boko Haram released 21 kidnapped Chibok girls to the government, an official in the president’s office said Thursday.

Ministry of Information will release a statement on the issue later,” the source said . The girls were exchanged for four Boko Haram prisoners in Banki, northeast Nigeria, said a local source.

The identity of the girls has yet to be confirmed, said Bring Back Our Girls campaigner Aisha Yesufu. “We cannot confirm anything yet,” Yesufu said.

(Vanguard)

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