Online news portal, Sahara Reporters, said a top military official confirmed the release of 82 of the girls to it.
The Federal Government has yet to officially confirm the news, however.
Meanwhile, a former Minister of Eductation, Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili, who is also the Co-convener of the Bring Back Our Girls Group, has called on the government to issue a statement on the matter.
The BBOG said in a statement by its spokesperson, Sesugh Akume, that it had high hopes about the news.
“Our hopes and expectations are high as we look forward to this news being true and confirmed,” it said.
This, once confirmed, would mark the biggest progress in the rescue of the schoolgirls whose abduction shocked the world.The girls were abducted by Boko Haram insurgents from the Government Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State in April 2014.
More than 50 of them were reported to have escaped from captivity in the first few months.
But after that, despite global outrage, the Nigerian military could not immediately free them with Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau releasing videos taunting the government.
After months of negotiation with the insurgents, the Muhammadu Buhari Administration secured the release of 21 of the girls in October 2016. Earlier that year, one of the girls, Amina Ali, had been found.
Details later…on Fidelis Chidi blog
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