Facts are beginning to emerge as to the cost to Nigeria in the release of 82 Chibok girls about two weeks ago.
According to a report by the British Broadcasting Corporation, Federal government allegedly paid two million euros to secure the release of the 82 Chibok girls.
The story was posted on BBC website last night, according to a Communications Week report.
Though it had been known in Nigeria that some money was paid out to the deadly, fiendish group in addition to Boko Haram commanders, described as high level “bomb makers,” the exact amount was never disclosed by the government.
Though BBC did not mention its sources, it, however, reported that: “The release of the 82 came with a price… the details of the deal are sketchy.
But they reported that five senior Boko Haram militants were moved from a high security unit to be driven to freedom.
“Sources don’t want to be named and their version of events is hard to confirm, but they say the men were high level Boko Haram bomb makers, and that they were accompanied by two million euros in cash. Governments rarely admit to paying a ransom, and this claim could not be independently verified.”
Last week, there were news reports that the freed men had threatened to bomb Abuja, a report which was backed up by a video released by the sect.
