Nigerian Islamists got $3.15 million to free French hostages: document

Kiyo: Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram was paid an equivalent of around $3.15 million by French and Cameroonian negotiators before freeing seven French hostages this month, a confidential Nigerian government report obtained by Reuters said.

The memo does not say who paid the ransom for the family of seven, who were all released on April 19, although it says Cameroon freed some Boko Haram detainees as part of the deal.

The Nigerian report suggests that 1.6 billion CFA francs ($3.15 million) was paid More on Reuters