Chibok Girls:Parents Not Allowed To See Their Daughters Are False Claims- Presidency

82 Newly Released Chibok Girls In Group Photos

82 Chibok girls were freed recently following a swap of some Boko Haram commanders. The release is the biggest since the armed group swarmed a school in northern Nigeria in April 2014, kidnapping 276 girls.

According to the families of the freed Chibok girls there haven't been any contact or discusion with them. The Chibok girls are still in the custody of the governments according to the parent of the chibok girls.

The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Friday dismissed allegations by parents of 21 earlier released Chibok girls that they have been restricted from having access to their daughters.

82 Newly Released Chibok Girls

Shehu, in a series of tweets on his social media handle described the claims by the parents as totally false.
The tweets read, “It is time to put to rest the falsehood that parents of the 24 Chibok Girls who returned earlier are not allowed to see them. Cross section of the Chibok Girls recently released from Boko Haram

“This claim is outrightly false. By an arrangement put in place, the 24 girls will go home to spend time with their families every three months.


“They were due to go during Easter but security advice was against that.

“Instead, Government made arrangements for the parents to come to their girls in Abuja in batches.

“Eighteen of the parents left Abuja on Friday, May 5 after spending three days with their daughters. This can be verified.


“Another set will also come once arrangements for them are put in place.”