Nigeria, Dec. 21 -- The Nigerian soldiers detained in Burkina Faso have arrived in Ghana following their release by the Burkinabe government on Wednesday.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, disclosed this in a statement issued on X on Saturday.

Mr Tuggar confirmed that the "eleven personnel of the Nigerian Air Force arrived safely in Accra, Republic of Ghana, from Burkina Faso, aboard a Nigerian Air Force C-130 (913) aircraft."

The soldiers were released about 10 days after a high-level delegation from Nigeria, led by Mr Tuggar, met with Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traore and other members of his administration.

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