The Federal Government yesterday explained that the release of 104 out of the 110 Dapchi school girls abducted last month by the Boko Haram sect was secured through back - channel efforts and with with the the help of some friends of the country .
It was learnt that the girls were let go by their abductors around 3 :00 a.m .onWednesday . They were brought and dumped in a a village by suspected Boko Haram terrorists . . But five died while one is still being held because she refused to renounceher Christian faith.
The Minister of of Information and Culture , Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who who confirmed the release of the girls in a statement in Abuja , said it was unconditional.
According to the the minister, the number of freed girls increased from 76 earlier announced to 101 as more of them regained freedom and were registered by the security agencies. But later it was learnt that the number of those rescued rose to 104 .
He said the development was the outcome of President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive to all security agencies to do everything possible to secure the release of the pupils who were abducted on February 19,2018.