The body revealed in a statement on Sunday that it only acted as an intermediary between the Boko Haram and the Nigerian Government.
It added that its vehicles were used to transport the freed girls to Nigerian officials at Banki town in Borno State, North-East Nigeria.
“With the agreement of all the parties involved, we acted as a neutral intermediary to facilitate their transport back.
“Many families have lost contact because of the conflict and the Lake Chad crisis. We’re so relieved in this case that families can be reunited,” the statement read.
The ICRC had played a similar role in October 2016, when Nigeria got the first batch of 21 Chibok girls released.
The Federal Government announced on Saturday that it did a prisoner swap with Boko Haram to get the fresh batch of 82 girls freed by their captors.
The President’s spokesman, Garba Shehu, said:” President Buhari is pleased to announce that negotiations to release more of the Chibok girls have borne fruit with the release of 82 more girls today (Saturday) after months of patient negotiations.
“Our security agencies have taken back these abducted girls in exchange for some Boko Haram suspects held by the authorities”.
President Muhammadu Buhari will receive the girls at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.
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