Boko Haram Release Over 200 Kidnapped

Nigerian insurgent group Boko Haram has freed 200 kidnapped captives, who returned to their community in Yobe state.

They were reported back home between Friday and Saturday, while some others are still held captive.
A community leader from Katarko told Reuters: “The people will be presented to the government tomorrow (Sunday) for assistance as their houses were set ablaze when the insurgents attacked the village, Katarko in the Gujba local council.”
Government spokesman, Abdullahi Bego, said that the freed captives were kidnapped on January 6, while at least 20 other people were still being held.
Some women who were freed said that the group released them because they stubbornly refused to obey their rules.
One woman said: “They say since you have refused to accept our mode of religious teachings, go and follow your ‘Infidels’, we hereby order you to leave”.
Boko Haram has been raiding towns and small communities in Northern Nigeria.
 Since 2009 the group has conducted an insurgency to establish an Islamic state in the northeast of the country. Borno state is the worst hit followed by Adamawa and Yobe.