{"id":257793,"date":"2016-10-13T11:02:05","date_gmt":"2016-10-13T11:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=257793"},"modified":"2016-10-13T11:02:05","modified_gmt":"2016-10-13T11:02:05","slug":"group-of-chibok-girls-freed-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/10\/group-of-chibok-girls-freed-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Group of Chibok girls freed in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Twenty-one of the schoolgirls kidnapped in 2014 by Boko Haram in Chibok, Nigeria, have been freed, the president&#8217;s spokesman has confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Garba Shehu said the release was &#8220;the outcome of negotiations between the administration and Islamist militants&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The freed students are currently with the security forces.<\/p>\n<p>Boko Haram kidnapped more than 270 students from a school in Chibok, north-east Nigeria &#8211; an act that provoked international condemnation.<\/p>\n<p>It also sparked one of the biggest global social media campaigns, with tweeters using the hashtag #BringBackOurGirls.<\/p>\n<p>Up to now there had only been one confirmed release of a student kidnapped from Chibok.<\/p>\n<p>In May, <a class=\"story-body__link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-africa-36321249\">a 19-year-old woman was found<\/a> by an army-backed vigilante group.<\/p>\n<p>After that it was believed that 218 students were still missing. More than 50 managed to escape on the day they were captured.<\/p>\n<p>Boko Haram has also kidnapped thousands of other people during its seven-year insurgency in north-east Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty-one of the schoolgirls kidnapped in 2014 by Boko Haram in Chibok, Nigeria, have been freed, the president&#8217;s spokesman has confirmed. Garba Shehu said the release was &#8220;the outcome of negotiations between the administration and Islamist militants&#8221;. The freed students are currently with the security forces. 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