It has been revealed by a BBC report that the government of President Muhammadu Buhari did not only pay the sum of two million euros to Boko Haram to secure the recent release of the 82 school girls, who were part of the about 300 Chibok abducted by the terrorist group in 2014 in Chibok, Borno State, but the sect also chose their detained members they wanted freed and determined which of girls in their captivity would be released.
The report also disclosed that the five Boko Haram Commanders, who were swapped for the girls and the alleged ransom, were specialists in bomb making.
Unlike what the Nigerian government wants Nigerians to believe, the report says that the release of the 82 Chibok girls came with a price.
The report partly revealed, “The release of the 82 girls came with a price. Five senior Boko Haram militants were moved from a high security unit to be driven to freedom. The details of the deal are sketchy.
“Our sources don’t want to be named and their version of events is hard to confirm, but they say the men were high-level Boko Haram bomb-makers, and that they were accompanied by two million euros in cash.”
Quoting one of its sources, the report said, “Paying a ransom as well as swapping prisoners was a sticking point that almost unravelled the whole deal, one source tells us. It should have happened sooner, but the president was hesitating about freeing the five – and especially about the money.”
According to the report, persuading President Buhari was “very, very difficult”. He did not want to pay any money; it was the most difficult part of the whole negotiation, the source said.
“The ransom was two million euros. Boko Haram asked for euros. They chose the suspects and they gave us the list of girls who would be freed.”
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