Twenty-one of the more than 200 Nigerian girls kidnapped from a school in Chibok by Boko Haram fighters in 2014 have been released, a presidential spokesman has told Reuters news agency.
The release followed negotiations between Nigeria’s government and Boko Haram brokered by Red Cross and Swiss government, a spokesman for the country’s president said on Thursday.
The girls were exchanged for four Boko Haram prisoners in Banki in northeast Nigeria, the AFP news agency said quoting a local source.
The identity of the girls has yet to be confirmed, said Bring Back Our Girls campaigner Aisha Yesufu.
“We cannot confirm anything yet,” Yesufu said.
