Against widespread speculations that there was a 'swap' of Boko haram prisoners for the release of 21 Chibok school girls, Nigeria's Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo said there was no swap of any kind in securing the release of the kidnapped secondary school girls.
Addressing newsmen after receiving the girls in Abuja, Osinbajo said: "There's no exchange of any kind, certainly there was no swap of any kind. The truth of the matter, of course I should know, even when we started negotiations, we had said that we are ready to consider what ever options there were. but I believe that very fortunately, God truly helped us in the negotiations".
In what is believed to be a mass release since the kidnap of over 200 girls and women from Chibok, Borno state, north-eastern Nigeria, in April, 2014, 21 girls, including a baby delivered by one of the girls, were released to the Nigerian authorities on Thursday, October 13th 2016. The released girls after medical check up, met with Nigeria's Vice President in Abuja, Nigeria's capital city.
About 197 girls are still believed to be in Boko-Haram's captivity. It was gathered that the terrorist group earlier offered a swap of some of its commanders held in Nigerian prisons for the release of the kidnapped girls.
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