Then four weeks ago,Boko Haram kidnapped 110 girls from a school in Dapchi in the biggest mass abduction since the Chibok capture,which prompted international outrage and the global campaign #bringbackourgirls.
Galang,a mother of eight,said she had planned to tell the parents to be patient for their girls'return as she had been.
"When we asked why people were running,they told us that they were expecting their girls,that Boko Haram was bringing them home,"said Galang,one of 30 Chibok parents who had made the 11-hour trip to Dapchi the previous day to meet with the parents of the missing girls.
"Our visit became something else."
The Nigerian government confirmed that 101 of the girls seized in Dapchi on February 19 had been freed. Nigeria denied a ransom was paid for their release.
Yakubu Nkeki,chairman of the Chibok parents'association and whose niece was abducted at Chibok,described the scene of jubilation after the girls were reunited with their families.
"Right in front of us,the militants brought the girls and dropped them and then left,"he said.