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[Published: Friday March 23 2018]

Dapchi girls 'are worth ceasefire concession'

ABUJA, 23 March. - (ANA) - Nigeria's president is set to meet the Dapchi school girls released by Boko Haram militants on Friday.

However, questions are still being raised over the desl which was struck to free the 105 girls and a boy released by the jihadists on Wednesday.

Information Minister, Lai Mohammed, has assured the BBC no ransom was paid.

Instead, he revealed their shock when the group - who they were already in negotiations with over a possible amnesty - took the girls.

According to Mr Mohammed, they resumed discussions after they realised they had carried out the abduction.

"If they returned and lay down their arms and renounce their membership of the insurgency then we will give them free passage and they can return to society," he explained.

"Amnesty means you have forgiven them in exchange for permanent cessation for hostilities."

He also explains why the government decided to strike the temporary ceasefire deal with Boko Haram, which allowed fighters to return the girls to Dapchi.-(ANA) -

AB/ANA/23 March 2018 - - -


 


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