Some kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls returned home, say witnesses


FE Team | Published: March 21, 2018 14:37:51 | Updated: March 24, 2018 11:20:06


Photo: Yobe State government

Some of the 110 schoolgirls abducted from the Nigerian town of Dapchi last month have been brought back on Wednesday, two witnesses said.

The witnesses said the girls were returned by people they thought were Islamist militant insurgents from the Boko Haram group.

They did not say how many had come back.

A military officer at a checkpoint near the town of told Reuters: “Boko Haram have brought the girls.”

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