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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed joy over the freeing of school children kidnapped in Kaduna and Sokoto States, saying their return was sufficient birthday gift for him as he would mark 72 on Friday, March 29, 2024, reports ITREALMS.

This is coming as lamented the recent killing of some soldiers and members of security agencies in Delta State, and recent spate of security breaches by criminal elements in different parts of Nigeria.

82 Chibok girls freed by Boko Haram

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A total of 82 Chibok girls have been reportedly freed by the leadership of Boko Haram, late Saturday according to the Cable News Network (CNN), reports ITRealms.

Boko Haram, ITRealms gathered refers to by themselves as al-Wilāyat al-Islāmiyya Gharb Afrīqiyyah, and Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād meaning "Group of the People of Sunnah for Preaching and Jihad"), is an Islamic extremist group based in northeastern Nigeria, also active in Chad, Niger and northern Cameroon.^”

According to CNN monitored in Lagos, the Chibok girls were freed following the successful negotiations between Boko Haram and the Nigerian government, a government official close to the negotiations confirmed to the cable TV station.

The source said the freed Chibok girls were presently in military custody in Banki, in northeastern Nigeria.

The Theater Commander of North-East has also confirmed that 82 Chibok girls were freed.

Equally, it was gathered they are on transfer to the capital, Abuja, where they will undergo medical checks and definitely reunite with their families.

ITRealms recalls that a total of 276 girls were allegedly kidnapped from the village of Chibok in April 2014.

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Nigerians react on 21 freed Chibok girls

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Following the agreement brokered by the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Swiss government, the 21 freed Chibok girls are now fully under the control of the Federal Government, reports ITRealms.

This is coming after two years of their abduction, as Nigerians reacted to the release, pouring encomium on the Federal Government led by President Muhammadu Buhari.

ITRealms gathered that one of the early reactions came from the former Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, who has been named as co-founder of the Bring-Back-Our-Girls group, who have been on the Federal Government to do whatever possible to ensure that over 200 school girls from Chibok are released and healthy.

For Dr. Ezekwesili, “I can only weep right now, Buhari thank you.’

ITRealms equally gathered that the former Vice President and chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Atiku Abubakar cannot hide his excitement on the release of some of the girls.

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