many of the 300 plus schoolboys
kidnapped in northern nigeria
are now free the boys who were abducted
from their school in the northwestern
state of katsina were seen arriving at
government buildings on friday
the students will undergo medical
examinations before being reunited with
their loved ones
nigeria's president says their release
was quote a big
relief to their families the entire
country
and the international community the
jihadist group boko haram claimed
responsibility
for the kidnapping
dw correspondent uwaisu idris joins me
now from
abuja waisu good to have you with us
we just saw the boys arriving at katsina
state
governor at the katina state governor's
office
they walked there themselves barefoot
some carrying their belongings
what more do we know about how they are
yeah the boys arrived in casino they
are at the government house they have
been received
by the governors and they are undergoing
a kind of registration
and then checking their health to make
sure that they don't have any
infection having been away for this
long time and staying in the bush with
only one
shed one trouser so but they look
healthy and people are happy the
government is happy
and the parents are happy how big of a
victory
is their rescue for the president he had
come under a lot of fire for his
handling of the situation
well it is a big relief for the
president getting this
voice rescued or released
after a negotiation but you know
people are looking at it and saying no
this is
not something that the president should
be happy about
bearing in mind what happened
he was in kasina he was in darwah kasuna
said when this abduction
happened buhari has repeatedly claimed
boko haram has been
technically defeated what does this
kidnapping tell us about their presence
and strength in nigeria
it reaffirms what many people have been
saying
boko haram has not been technically
defeated
they are still around they are too
strong they only reduce
what they come to town to do attacks
bomb attacks
but what happened in maiduguri azerbaij
where slaughtered so many people this
episcopal
evidence and then now the abduction of
the school years they have already
pushed so many state governments
six states have closed down schools in
the northern part of the country
dw correspondent owaiso idris in abuja
thank you for that update
thank you