President Muhammadu Buhari
on Sunday said his
administration was continuing
negotiation for the release of
the abducted Chibok school girls.
Over 200 school girls were
abducted by the insurgent
group, Boko Haram, from their
school hostel in Government
Secondary School, Chibok, Borno
state in April 2014.
The abduction and the
subsequent threat by the
leadership of the terrorist group
that the girls were being “sold
off” and “married off” drew
international attention and
condemnation.
One of the girls, Amina Nkeki,
was recently found in a village
near Sambisa forest with a four-
month old baby.
Ms. Nkeki was said to have been
forcefully “married” to a Boko
Haram fighter, who authorities
said was taken into military
custody.
Two days after the return of Ms.
Nkeki, Nigerian military
authorities announced the
rescue of another Chibok girl,
Sarah Luka. But
#BringBackOurGirls activists
debunked the claim, saying Ms.
Luka was not among the school
girls abducted in Chibok.
Mr. Buhari in a speech to mark
Democracy Day on Sunday said
during the last one year of his
administration, “not a single
day passed without my
agonizing about these girls”.
He said his governments’ efforts
have centred around
“negotiations to free them safely
from their mindless captors”,
adding, ” we are still pursuing
that course”.
on Sunday said his
administration was continuing
negotiation for the release of
the abducted Chibok school girls.
Over 200 school girls were
abducted by the insurgent
group, Boko Haram, from their
school hostel in Government
Secondary School, Chibok, Borno
state in April 2014.
The abduction and the
subsequent threat by the
leadership of the terrorist group
that the girls were being “sold
off” and “married off” drew
international attention and
condemnation.
One of the girls, Amina Nkeki,
was recently found in a village
near Sambisa forest with a four-
month old baby.
Ms. Nkeki was said to have been
forcefully “married” to a Boko
Haram fighter, who authorities
said was taken into military
custody.
Two days after the return of Ms.
Nkeki, Nigerian military
authorities announced the
rescue of another Chibok girl,
Sarah Luka. But
#BringBackOurGirls activists
debunked the claim, saying Ms.
Luka was not among the school
girls abducted in Chibok.
Mr. Buhari in a speech to mark
Democracy Day on Sunday said
during the last one year of his
administration, “not a single
day passed without my
agonizing about these girls”.
He said his governments’ efforts
have centred around
“negotiations to free them safely
from their mindless captors”,
adding, ” we are still pursuing
that course”.
