[PHOTOS] FG ‘Takes Over’ Escaped Chibok Girls Studying In The U.S From Their Guardian 

The girls with Mr. Ogebe on arrival in the U.S

The Federal Government of Nigeria has stated that it has taken over the care of the girls currently studying in the US, who escaped from Boko Haram captivity after being abducted from the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, on April 14, 2014.

A US-based human rights lawyer, Emmanuel Ogebe, had in 2014, taken 10 of the escaped girls to the US to continue their education as he had been raising funds to care for them under his guidance.
However, a statement by Temitope Bamgboye, Director of Social Welfare, Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, revoked the previous arrangement. The statement read:
“Following a meeting held on May 25, between parents of the escaped Chibok girls studying in America and officials of the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development in charge of the Chibok Girls Desk specially set up by President Muhammadu Buhari, the Federal Government, including its representatives and agents, is now in charge of the girls.
The parents signed Declaration forms authorizing the ministry to take over guardianship of their daughters

The girls during a reunion in the U.S

“Any previous guardianship arrangement has thus been revoked
“This information has been transmitted to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which is to ensure that this is effected through the Nigerian Embassy in DC. The same will also be communicated to the US State Department through the US Embassy in Nigeria.