“They said that three girls fell (out of the trucks) and into the river on their way to (the) Sambisa (forest hideout of Boko Haram). Two others died in the forest,” said Galang. 

As it is now, the more people try to understand the incident and issues surrounding it, the more confused they become. In that process, an issue that ought to have attracted overwhelming nationwide empathy and excitement has become a subject of misconceptions and theories.

The Thomases of 2014, after a brief sally into reality, have returned to base

The release of the abducted Dapchi schoolgirls has been described  as a scam by former Delta State governorship aspirant, Chief Sunny Onuesoke, saying: “It is an attempt to hoodwink Nigerians.”

It’s like a tale from fish-wifery told by moonlight: how Boko Haram entered a Nigerian town as villains, kidnapped dozens of schoolgirls, and 32 days later returned them to the same town as heroes with flags