President Muhammadu Buhari (l) with the released Dapchi School Girls believed to have been adopted by Boko Haram Terrorists during a ceremony to formally receive them at the the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Friday (23/3/13) 01703/23/3/2018/Callistus Ewelike/NAN
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The Dapchi school girls, released by Book Haram insurgents in Yobe, on Sunday reunited with their families amidst celebrations by parents, friends and well-wishers in the town. The community bore a festive mood right from the period the girls arrived home. Security in the community was also tight.
The girls, who were released by Boko Haram terrorists on Wednesday, were earlier taken to Abuja where they met with President Muhammad Buhari on Friday.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the girls were handed over to the state government by a federal government delegation led by Minister of State Foreign Affairs, Khadijah Abba Ibrahim.
Yobe governor Alhaji Ibrahim Gaidam, represented by the state commissioner for information Alhaji Mala Musty, commended President Buhari for securing the release of the girls.
NAN reports that, it was a celebration galore as the girls, parents, relations danced along the streets of the town to celebrate the girls’ safe return.
Some of the residents who spoke to NAN thanked the president for securing the release of their daughters.
They also appealed to him not to relent until he secured the release of the remaining girls still under the custody of the insurgents.
A number of the parents told NAN that would continue to allow their daughters to go to school in spite of the incident but called for tightened security in all schools in the area.
