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The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) C-130 Hercules Aircraft on Sunday has airlifted the freed Dapchi girls back to Maiduguri.
According to a statement made available to TheNewsGuru.com via mail by NAF’s Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Vice Marshal Olatokunbo Adesanya, the schoolgirls were then transported to Dapchi, under armed air escort, where they reunited with their families.
They were accompanied to Dapchi by top government officials and representatives of their parents.
While five of them were reported to have died, Leah Sharibu, the only Christian among them, was held back by Boko Haram for refusing to denounce her religion and wear the hijab.
On Saturday, there were reports that some members of the insurgent group were on their way to Dapchi to return Sharibu.
The return of the girls to their community took place after President Muhammadu Buhari and other top Government officials had received them at the Government House in Abuja on 23 March 2018.
It would be recalled that after their release by the Boko Haram Terrorists on Wednesday, 21 March 2018, personnel of the Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE as well as other officers of the Theatre Command received the girls at the NAF Base Maiduguri.
At the NAF Base, personnel of the Air Task Force were already waiting to give refreshments to the girls. After the refreshments, the girls were airlifted aboard a NAF C-130 Hercules Aircraft to Abuja, where senior Government officials received them.