#Chibok Girls: Nigerian Government Releases Names of 21 Chibok Girls Freed

Thu, Oct 13, 2016
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#Chibok Girls: Nigerian Government Releases Names of 21 Chibok Girls Freed

 

THE Federal Government has published the names of the 21 Chibok school girls released by Boko Haram on Thursday.

Presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu, released the names on Thursday after Vice President Yemi Osinbajo met with them.

21 of the more than 200 kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls held since April 2014 were released on Thursday following  negotiations between the Buhari-led government and the the Boko Haram brokered by the International Red Cross and the Swiss government

The names of the girls are:

  1. Mary Usman Bulama
  2. Jummai John
  3. Blessing Abana
  4. Lugwa Sanda
  5. Comfort Habila
  6. Maryam Basheer
  7. Comfort Amos
  8. Glory Mainta
  9. Saratu Emannuel
  10. Deborah Ja’afaru
  11. Rahab Ibrahim
  12. Helen Musa
  13. Maryamu Lawan
  14. Rebecca Ibrahim
  15. Asabe Goni
  16. Deborah Andrawus
  17. Agnes Gapani
  18. Saratu Markus
  19. Glory Dama
  20. Pindah Nuhu
  21. Rebecca Mallam

– Daily Trust/News Express

– Oct. 13, 2016 @ 9:30 GMT |

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