The Boko Haram Islamist terrorist group has released 158 women and children
abducted from a village in northeastern Nigeria`s Yobe state, an official said
Friday.
Ahmed Goniri, the
state commissioner for justice and chairman of the State Committee on
Rehabilitation of Victims of Insurgency, said the victims were released by the
Islamist sect members after three weeks of captivity.
The official told
reporters that the women and children from Katarko village in Yobe have been
reunited with their families in Damaturu, the state capital, according to
Xinhua news agency.
The victims were
screened by security personnel to authenticate their status while the
government provided them with psychological therapy to ease their trauma,
Goniri said.
Thousands of people,
including women and children, have been killed in the five-year insurgency by
Boko Haram in Nigeria.
Nigeria, Africa`s most
populous country, is currently grappling with several security challenges,
including the insurgency by Boko Haram.
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