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March 21, 2018

Photos: Some of the released Dapchi school girls

Dapchi school girls

A girl released by Boko Haram walks with her father (L) in Dapchi on March 21, 2018. Boko Haram Islamists who kidnapped 110 schoolgirls in Dapchi, northeast Nigeria, just over a month ago have so far returned 101 of the students to the town, the government said today. / AFP PHOTO

Boko Haram Islamists who kidnapped 110 schoolgirls in Dapchi, northeast Nigeria, just over a month ago have so far returned 101 of the students to the town, the government said on Wednesday.

Information Minister Lai Mohammed said the girls were released “unconditionally”. “No money changed hands,” he told reporters in the capital, Abuja.

He added: “As of now, the number (of Dapchi school girls confirmed to have been released) has increased to 101.”

A girl released by Boko Haram walks with her mother in Dapchi on March 21, 2018 after Boko Haram Islamists who kidnapped 110 schoolgirls just over a month ago have so far returned 101 of the students to the town, the government said. Information Minister said the girls were released “unconditionally”. “No money changed hands,” he told reporters in the capital, Abuja. / AFP PHOTO

A girl released by Boko Haram walks outside Dapchi’s hospital on March 21, 2018.
Boko Haram Islamists who kidnapped 110 schoolgirls in Dapchi, northeast Nigeria, just over a month ago have so far returned 101 of the students to the town, the government said today. / AFP PHOTO /

A girl released by Boko Haram walks outside Dapchi’s hospital on March 21, 2018.
Boko Haram Islamists who kidnapped 110 schoolgirls in Dapchi, northeast Nigeria, just over a month ago have so far returned 101 of the students to the town, the government said today. / AFP PHOTO /

A girl released by Boko Haram walks with her father (L) in Dapchi on March 21, 2018.
Boko Haram Islamists who kidnapped 110 schoolgirls in Dapchi, northeast Nigeria, just over a month ago have so far returned 101 of the students to the town, the government said today. / AFP PHOTO

Dapchi

Alhaji Inuwa (L), the father of one of the 110 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram weeps in Dapchi on March 21, 2018.
Boko Haram have so far returned to the town od Dapchi 101 of the students kidnapped just over a month ago, the government said today. / AFP PHOTO /