CNN
is reporting that a number of Boko Haram commanders were freed as part
of Thursday's release of 21 Chibok schoolgirls which have been in
captivity for almost 2 years.
When News Breaks Out, We Break In. (The 2014 Bloggies Finalist)
Conflicting information is emerging about what Boko Haram received
in exchange for releasing 21 Chibok schoolgirls in Nigeria this week
after holding them for two years.
"A number of Boko Haram commanders" were freed as part of
Thursday's release of the girls, a source close to the negotiations
between the Islamist militant group and the Nigerian government said on
condition of anonymity.
This contrasts with what the Nigerian government has said, which is that the girls' release was not a prisoner exchange.
"This was not a swap," Nigerian Information Minister Alhaji Lai Mohammed said Thursday. "It is a release, the product of painstaking negotiations and trust on both sides."
A separate source, one with direct knowledge about the girls'
release, told CNN Thursday that no captive Boko Haram fighters were
released in exchange for the girls.
The 21 that Boko Haram released Thursday were among the 276 girls
and women, ages 16 to 18, that militants herded from bed in the middle
of the night at a boarding school in Chibok, Nigeria, in April 2014 - a
kidnapping that spurred global outrage.
Credits: CNN.com
When News Breaks Out, We Break In. (The 2014 Bloggies Finalist)
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