The Boko Haram militants have released some 45 women they abducted from two border villages between Adamawa and Borno states, reports indicate.
But hold it before your mind runs riot, it is the the Chibok girls, which the nation so eagerly expect their release especially after the Saudi-brokered ceasefire was announced by the Federal Government last week Friday.
The news of the release of the abducted women was broached by by villagers, who spoke on the issue with newsmen on the telephone from their hide-outs.
They were however unable to say the exact number released but affirmed that that no fewer than 45 girls were still being detained.
The women and girls were abducted from Waga Mangoro which was between Gwoza in Borno and Madagali in Adamawa states.
According the reports, relatives of some of the abducted women who were later released by the insurgents also disclosed that some of the girls have been turned to cooks while others were married off immediately to some of the insurgents.
A report in Vanguard cites one of them as saying “Initially, the insurgents captured 80 girls and women whom they later loaded into their vans and zoomed off into the bushes.
Later in the night, the insurgents separated the elderly women from the girls and released the women, who are now languishing in the forest because they could not relocate the towns because they were razed down by the insurgents.
“We are confused that hours after the so called cease fire agreement between the Federal Government and Boko Haram insurgents, our girls are still being abducted by the insurgents.
“We are at a loss about government’s insincerity on the whole issue and we urge them to rescue our daughters without further delay as we are ready to die searching for our missing ones.”
