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Many of the 300 plus schoolboys kidnapped in northern Nigeria are now free.
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The boys, who were abducted from their school in the northwestern state of Casino, were seen arriving at government buildings on Friday.
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The students will undergo medical examinations before being reunited with her loved ones.
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Nigeria's presidents, as their release was quote a big relief to their families, the entire country and the international community.
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The jihadist group Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the kidnapping.
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D W correspondent.
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Why so address joins me now from Abuja.
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Uh, why so good to have you with us?
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We just saw the boys arriving at Katsina State governor at the Casino state governor's Office at they walked their themselves barefoot, some carrying their belongings.
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What more do we know about how they are?
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Yeah, the boys arrived in Cassina, the at the Government House.
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They have been received by the governors on their on their avoiding kind of registration on then, taking their health to make sure that you don't have any conception.
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Haven't been away for this a long time on sending the bushes.
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Only one shed one trouser.
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So they look healthy.
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Onda people are happy the government is happy on.
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The parents are happy.
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How big of a victory is their rescue for the President?
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He had come under a lot of fire for his handling of the situation.
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Well, it is a big relief for the president getting these boys, uh, rescued or released after a negotiation.
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But you know people are you Can I sit and say no?
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This is not something that the presentation be happy about bearing in mind what happened?
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Uh, she was in Cassina.
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He was in Iraq, has said when this abduction happened.
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Buhari has repeatedly claimed Boko Haram has been technically defeated.
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What does this kidnapping tell us about their presence and strength in Nigeria?
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It really farms what many people have been saying.
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Boko Haram has not been technically defeated.
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They're still around.
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They're strong.
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They're only reduced.
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What they come to town to do?
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Attack, bomb, attack!
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But what happened in my degree as a bar Mary, where this louder so many people is a physical evidence on then?
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Now the abduction of the school Guess they have already pushed So, Minister government Six states have closed down schools in the northern part of the country.
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D w correspondent, Why so address in Abuja?
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Thank you for that update.
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Thank you.