Report of release of Chibok girls not true - DHQ

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Abuja - The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has said that “the story circulating in respect of the release of the Chibok girls is not true.”

The clarification is contained in a statement posted on the DHQ website on Tuesday.

According to the statement, the buses that drove into the barracks in Maiduguri purportedly carrying the girls were conveying other individuals.

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The media, however, learnt that the DHQ would soon address newsmen on some of the recent developments in the counter-insurgency campaign.

Many terrorists were said to have died in the campaign, while many were captured by troops and some others willingly surrendered themselves.