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PHOTOSCENE: Tears of joy as 82 freed Chibok girls re-unite with parents
There were tears of joy as the 82 Chibok schoolgirls, freed following Federal Government and Boko Haram swap deal, reunited with their parents and relatives on Saturday.
The girls were freed and brought to Abuja two weeks ago after the Federal Government allegedly released some of the terrorist group commanders.
Since coming to Abuja, the girls have been kept at the Department of State Services facility, the same place they met with their parents, with many of the parents who were unable to hold back their emotion breaking down in tears.
Earlier, the girls reunited with 21 of their colleagues who were also earlier released in October 2016.
Over 200 of them, where on April 14, 2014 abducted by the insurgent group from their school in Chibok, a town in Borno State.
More than 100 of the girls are still in the captivity of the jihadist Boko Haram group.
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yanju omotodun
May 21, 2017 at 5:58 am
We pray that the last set of the abductees are released soon even if it involves huge amount of money government has been using to do the deal, so we can have final peace
seyi jelili
May 21, 2017 at 6:08 am
The APC government has proven themselves more responsive than the pdp government, for them to have been able to release about 150 or more girls, they have tried. Whatever it cost to get others released ,is welcomed
JOHNSON PETER
May 21, 2017 at 6:14 am
I have no problem if they are using money as swap for the girls, but I have problems with releasing arrested Boko Haram members as swap because they are threat to national security. After all recently one of them promised to bomb Abuja.
Agbor Chris
May 21, 2017 at 4:01 pm
I didn’t expect anything less, it must be full of tears. When you’ve lost all hopes and your all were restored and became reality all of a sudden, tears must drop!
Anita Kingsley
May 21, 2017 at 4:04 pm
I can feel the depth of happiness the mothers must have went through. I’m really glad they’re able to reconnect with their kids again. Glory be to God
Joy Madu
May 22, 2017 at 4:11 am
Amen because is not easy to lose such a child like that and still see her alive again
Animashaun Ayodeji
May 21, 2017 at 4:02 pm
The federal government of Nigeria deserves all the credit, they did what many considered as the impossible.