{"id":280218,"date":"2016-12-27T16:22:31","date_gmt":"2016-12-27T16:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=280218"},"modified":"2016-12-27T16:22:31","modified_gmt":"2016-12-27T16:22:31","slug":"freed-chibok-girls-not-allowed-home-for-christmas-say-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/12\/freed-chibok-girls-not-allowed-home-for-christmas-say-families\/","title":{"rendered":"Freed Chibok girls not allowed home for Christmas, say families"},"content":{"rendered":"
Families of the Nigerian “Chibok girls” freed by Islamist group Boko Haram say they are being closely guarded and were not allowed home for Christmas.<\/p>\n
Boko Haram kidnapped 276 girls in April 2014, but freed 21 of them in Octoberafter negotiations with the Red Cross.<\/p>\n
The freed girls have been in government custody since their release but were brought home to Chibok for Christmas.<\/p>\n
But family members told the BBC that the girls were kept in a politician’s house and barred from going home.<\/p>\n
They were also prevented from attending church services with their families<\/p>\n
The girls were take to the house of an assembly member in Chibok to be reunited with their parents but weren’t allowed to go to their own homes.<\/p>\n
“I can’t believe my daughter has come this close to home but can’t come home,” said one father.<\/p>\n
“There’s no point bringing them to Chibok only to be locked in another prison. They couldn’t even go to church on Christmas Day.”<\/p>\n