That moment when the 21 Chibok girls reunited with their parents at a Thanksgiving church service today (Emotional photos)

The recently released 21Chibok girls reunited with their parents at a Thankgiving church service  today, organised by the Nigeria govern...

The recently released 21Chibok girls reunited with their parents at a Thankgiving church service  today, organised by the Nigeria government. Information and culture minister Lai Mohammed represented the government at the Church held at the Presidential Villa on Sunday. Miss Gloria Dame, one of the girls who spoke on behalf of her colleagues  said,

“we stayed for one month without food’’ “I narrowly escaped bomb blast in the forest. I never knew there would be a day like this. “`I will give thanks to God ,’’ she said.

 Lai Mohammed said that the reunification was a day the world had been waiting for. “It is day of joy,’’ he said.

Speaking about their experiences, Miss Gloria Dame, one of the released girls who spoke on behalf of her colleagues was so happy, she was jumping for joy, as she said: “We stayed for one month without food.”

She also spoke on their narrow escapes during captivity: “I narrowly escaped bomb blast in the forest. I never knew there would be a day like this. I will give thanks to God ,’’ she said, as she went on to plead with Nigerians to pray for the girls still in captivity.

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