Boko Haram frees abducted Dapchi schoolgirls

A handful of girls managed to escape the mass kidnapping by Boko Haram from their school in Dapchi on February 19. [Photo by AFP]

Boko Haram Islamists who kidnapped 110 schoolgirls in Dapchi, northeast Nigeria, just over a month ago have so far returned 101 of the students to the town, the government said on Wednesday.

Information Minister Lai Mohammed said the girls were released "unconditionally". "No money changed hands," he told reporters in the capital, Abuja.