Boko Haram Releases 158 Kidnapped Victims And They Have Been Reunited With Their Families

Boko Haram insurgents have released 158 women and children who were abducted from Katarko Village in Yobe State. The families have since been re-united with their families.

The villagers who were kidnapped were released three weeks after they were captured from their village. Alhaji Ahmed Goniri, the state Commissioner for Justice and Chairman of the State Committee on Rehabilitation of Victims of Insurgency, said this while addressing newsmen 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,” Goniri said.

The victims were reportedly released about three weeks ago, but the Nigerian security agencies kept them in their custody to ascertain that they were indeed captives.

Yobe state government has provided N50,000, two bags of rice, sugar, noodles and wrapper to each of the 15 widows among the victims, while 47 other women received N30,000 each and same quantity of rice, sugar, noodles and wrapper. Presenting the assistance, Goniri said government commiserated with the families of the victims and provided the relief materials to help them to settle back into their communities.