The federal government
paid a large ransom to secure the release of the over 100 schoolgirls kidnapped
from their school in Dapchi, Yobe State by insurgents, according to a report by
the United Nations.
Daily
Trust reports that all but one of the girls, Leah Sharibu, were freed after a
month in captivity. Security sources have said that negotiations are still on
to free Leah.
The UN report
contradicts the statement of the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, that
the girls were released with no money paid.
“It
is not true that we paid ransom for the release of the Dapchi girls, neither
was there a prisoner swap to secure their release,” Mohammed had said in March.
No ransom was paid, FG
insists
The
minister insisted in a statement last night that no ransom was paid to secure
the release of the Dapchi girls.
But
the UN report said the girls were freed by the Boko Haram terrorists in
exchange for a large ransom payment, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported
yesterday.
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