BRING BACK OUR CHIBOK GIRLS

Dozens of the Kidnapped Chibok School Girls Were Freed

Nigerian officials said dozens of the Chibok schoolgirls who were kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014 were released late Saturday evening. There are conflicting accounts of how many were set free, with the Associated Press quoting a government official that said it was 83 girls, and other news outlets putting the figure around 60. Government officials were not allowed to talk with journalists yet, but the personal assistant to Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari, tweeted that it was “Huge numbers.” The girlsare reportedly being held in Banki, which is near the Cameroon border, and are being checked on by doctors. They will later be flown to Maiduguri, a large city in the country’s northeast. —theatlantic.com