released about 190 captives, who returned to
their community in the north-east state of Yobe
between Friday and Saturday, while other
people are still being held, local and state
officials say.
"The people will be presented to the government
[Sunday] for assistance as their houses were
set ablaze when the insurgents attacked the
village, Katarko in the Gujba local council,"
Goni Mali, a community leader of Katarko said.
Abdullahi Bego, spokesman for the state
governor, said the militants released young
men, women and children who were kidnapped
on January 6.
At least 20 other people were still being held.
Boko Haram has been waging a five-year
insurgency to establish an Islamic state in the
north-east of the country.
Borno state is the worst hit, followed by
Adamawa and Yobe.
Some of the women who were released said the
militants let them go after they resisted
following the rules of the group.
"They say since you have refused to accept our
mode of religious teachings, go and follow your
'Infidels', we hereby order you to leave," one of
the women said.
The group frequently raids towns and kidnaps
young men, women and children as well as
some foreign workers.
A German national was freed in Cameroon last
week after being abducted in Nigeria's
Adamawa state in July.
In neighbouring Borno state, at least 14 people
were killed and houses set on fire on Friday in a
suspected Boko Haram attack on the village of
Kambari, 5 kilometres from state capital
Maiduguri, a military source and eye witnesses
said.
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