A total of 158 Women
and children abducted by Boko Haram insurgents from Katarko village in Yobe
have been reunited with their families in Damaturu, Yobe.
The victims were
released by the sect members after three weeks of captivity.
Ahmed Goniri, the state
Commissioner for Justice and Chairman of the State Committee on Rehabilitation
of Victims of Insurgency, said this while addressing journalists in Damaturu on
Thursday.
“The victims were
screened by security operatives to authenticate their status while government
provided them with psychological therapy to ease their trauma,” Mr. Goniri
said.
The News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) reports that the victims were released by the insurgents three
weeks ago but remained in custody of security agencies to undergo screening to
ensure that they were indeed captives.
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