Boko Haram has released a total of 158 women and children after holding them captive for three weeks.The women and children were abducted by the insurgents from Katarko village, Yobe state.
They are now reunited with their families in Damaturu, the state capital, The Cable reports.
This was disclosed on Thursday, February 19, by the state commissioner for justice and chairman of the state committee on rehabilitation of victims of insurgency, Ahmed Goniri while addressing journalists in Damaturu.
According to him, the abductees were freed three weeks ago but were kept in the custody of security agencies so that they can undergo screening to ensure that they were indeed captives.
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