Nigeria: 82 Chibok girls freed by Boko Haram

Eighty-two Nigerian schoolgirls released by the armed group Boko Haram have arrived in the capital, Abuja, where they will meet the president. The girls were handed over as part of a prisoner swap on Saturday.

Eighty-two Nigerian schoolgirls released by the armed group Boko Haram have arrived in the capital, Abuja, where they will meet the president.

The girls were handed over as part of a prisoner swap on Saturday.

They are among more than 200 students kidnapped three years ago from the northeastern town of Chibok.

Al Jazeera’s Ahmed Idris reports from Abuja.