Earlier today President Muhammadu Buhari has confirmed some citizens of Nigeria were freed from the Boko Haram insurgent.
Buhari via his twitter page @MBuhari revealed that some who were lecturers and some women abducted at a funeral has all safely returned to their families.
Mr President finally added that he has urged the security agencies to ensure the safe return of Dapchi girls.
The tweets reads :
"I can't fully express the joy I felt I this afternoon, as I received our citizens recently released from Boko Haram captivity—fathers, mothers, sons, daughters. We will go to any length to ensure that no one is left behind in the hands of terrorists. Every Nigerian life matters!
"There were the University of Maiduguri lecturers, abducted while on service to their fatherland, and also the women abducted from a funeral procession. Today they are safely back home, and Nigeria rejoices with them and with their families
" They told me that they had given up all hope of ever coming back alive. I assured them that we will never give up on any of our citizens. I have asked the security agencies to ensure that every abducted person—including the Dapchi girls—is safely released."
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