The presidency has confirmed that 21 out of the over 200 adopted Chibok girls have been released. Vice President Yemi Osnbajo is slated to receive the girls in Abuja since the President is out of the country.

There are reports that twenty one out of the over 200 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist Boko Haram insurgents in April 2014 have been released to the Nigerian government.