Olalekan Adetayo
President Muhamamdu Buhari on Saturday expressed joy over the release of three University of Maiduguri lecturers abducted by suspected Boko Haram terrorists in Magumeri, Borno State.
According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the President expressed delight at the development while being briefed by the Department of State Services.
Also released from the Boko Haram terrorists, according to the statement, are 10 women kidnapped in a raid by the militant group on a military/police convoy on Damboa Road, near Maiduguri.
Shehu said their release followed a series of negotiations facilitated by the International Committee of the Red Cross, as directed by the President.
The presidential spokesman quoted the brief given by the DSS as revealing that all the 13 rescued persons were in the custody of the service and on their way to Abuja with the assistance of the Nigerian Army and the Air Force.
In expectation of being brought to the DSS headquarters, he said a team of doctors and psychologists had been placed on standby.
He added that the rescued persons might be presented to the President and thereafter released to their families, if there are no issues of security or medical concerns.
The statement read in part, “The President, who got step by step progress reports on the lengthy negotiations while they took place, received the good news with a lot of happiness.”
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