Nigeria, Feb. 6 -- The Nigerian government has brought back 7,790 citizens who fled to Chad due to the decade-long Boko Haram insurgency.

Dauda Illiya, media adviser to Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum, shared this information on Thursday in Maiduguri.

Governor Zulum led the federal government's team to Chad, accompanied by Yusuf Sununu, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, and Aliyu Ahmed, head of the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI).

The delegation arrived in Baga Sola, Chad, on Wednesday and was welcomed by Saleh Tidjani, Governor of Chad's Lac Province.

The returnees, mostly from Borno State, had been living in Chad after their communities near the Lake...