Sentences with phrase «boko haram commanders»
When asked if the government released Boko Haram commanders in exchange for the released girls, Buhari said he did not have the details of the deal yet.
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These ones are confirmed Boko Haram commanders, who have been in the custody of the DSS.»
There were strong indications on Thursday that the Federal Government freed some top Boko Haram commanders for the 21 Chibok girls, who were released by the insurgents at Banki, a border town between Nigeria and Cameroon.
The released Boko Haram commanders were not in the custody of the military,» the source added.
A security source said five Boko Haram commanders were released in exchange for the 21 Chibok girls.
Both Salkida and Aisha have told the world how they hinted the military of strategies going forward in the efforts to rescue the girls and bringing the Boko Haram commanders to the negotiation table but were rebuffed.
«Apart from the five Boko Haram commanders, the exchange of which we had already made public, no other concession was made.
According to him, Idris Ibrahim Babawo, a top Boko Haram commander, is identified as number 156 in the Boko Haram wanted list.
Not exact matches
The source stated, «Five top commanders of the Boko Haram were traded for the released Chibok girls.
The statement read, «This spectacular victory is the result of committed and focused leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari, the military commanders at the battlefront, the intelligence agencies and the unity of purpose exhibited by the nation's military chiefs to rid the country of the Boko Haram menace.
He explained that «preliminary investigation showed that among them were key commanders and influential members of the Boko Haram.
On Wednesday, a military commander said Nigerian troops had rescued 1,880 civilians from a Boko Haram redoubt in the restive northeast over the past week and arrested hundreds of insurgents.
A thirty - year - old mother - of - six, Aishat Maiangu Ali has recalled how she lied to five commanders of the Boko Haram sect who came to pay her dowry after...
The Area commander of the Nigeria Police Area Command, Nsukka, Ros - Amson Musa Haladu (ACP) while reacting to the arrest of the alleged Boko Haram suspects said that full scale investigations would be carried out to authenticate their true mission.