Nigeria, Feb. 19 -- Thousands of Nigerians who fled to the Republic of Chad about a decade ago because of the Boko Haram insurgency have returned to Maiduguri, the capital city of Borno State.

The state government has opened a temporary camp for them in Maiduguri, where they are being moved back to their ancestral communities in batches.

Two weeks ago, Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum led a high-profile Nigerian delegation to initiate the repatriation of the refugees who fled the Boko Haram insurgency to Baga Sola, Chad Republic.

The delegation comprised the Minister of State for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Yusuf Sununu, and the Federal Commissioner/CEO of the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and Internall...