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21 released Chibok girls identified, meet with Nigerian Vice President


The twenty-one girls released by Boko Haram on Thursday morning have been named by the Nigerian government after they met with the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in Abuja.

The girls are: Mary Usman Bulama, Jummai John, Blessing Abana, Lugwa Sanda, Comfort Habila, Maryam Basheer, Comfort Amos, Glory Mainta, Saratu Emannuel, Deborah Ja’afaru, Rahab Ibrahim, Helen Musa, Maryamu Lawan, Rebecca Ibrahim, Asabe Goni, Deborah Andrawus, Agnes Gapani, Saratu Markus, Glory Dama, Pindah Nuhu and Rebecca Mallam.

Osibanjo met them at the State House on Thursday evening where he assured them that the government will make provisions for all their needs.

By Shola Thomas


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