The girls were to be taken to Abuja on Sunday to meet President Muhammadu Buhari, the presidency said, thanking security agencies, the Swiss government and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
Another source also said one of the conditions given by leaders of the Boko Haram, was that they will not compel any of the girls to return.
DAILY POST reports that 82 of the abducted girls were on Saturday released to worldwide negotiators who had been working in collaboration with the federal government..
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - Nigeria's presidency released the names of the 82 Chibok schoolgirls newly freed from Boko Haram extremists which parents anxiously scoured to see if their daughters were released three years after their capture.
He noted that the release of this "massive number" was an indication that the Federal Government and its partners had the capacity to release the remaining girls.
The April 2014 abduction by Boko Haram brought the group's rampage in northern Nigeria to world attention and, for families of the schoolgirls, began years of anguish.
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December 24, 2016: Nigeria's president declares that Boko Haram has been crushed, driven from its last forest hideout. "Today 82 more Chibok girls were released", it said on Saturday.
In reaction to why these set look a lot better than the last set of 21 girls released in October 2016, he explained that their welfare while in captivity also depends largely on the faction of the Boko Haram sect that was holding them.
"Electricity has improved, price of petroleum products has stabilized, corruption has reduced to the barest minimum, Boko Haram is no longer in control of territories and the Niger Delta issue has been resolved", Shittu told his audience.
"The president expressed his deep gratitude to security agencies, the military, the government of Switzerland, the Red Cross, local and global NGOs for the success of the operation".
According to ICRC, on its Twitter page it stated that it acted as an intermediary between Boko Haram and the Nigerian government.
It is feared that other girls were strapped with explosives and sent on missions as suicide bombers.
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