chuksoyo21:
President Muhammadu Buhari reiterated that the rescue of the
more than 200 abducted Chibok girls is a top priority of his
government.
The President stated this on Wednesday in his speech at the parliament
of the European Union in Strasbourg, France.
Buhari said his promise to the parents of the abducted girls was that
they would be rescued alive, stressing that he remained committed to
that pledge.
He said, “It may interest you to know that in a recent
meeting I had with parents of the Chibok Girls, I
assured them that government would not rest until all
the girls are rescued alive and reunited with their
families.
“I remain fully committed to this pledge.
“Since my assumption of office in May last year, we
have re-organised the Nigerian Armed Forces and
repositioned them to deal decisively with the Boko
Haram terrorists.
“Indeed, all the Local Government Areas that were
hitherto under the control of the Boko Haram
terrorists in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States in the
North-Eastern flank of Nigeria, have been recaptured.
“The Internally Displaced Persons are gradually
returning to their communities. The Federal
Government is committed to rebuilding schools,
hospitals and other vital infrastructure destroyed by
the fleeing terrorists.
“Currently, the activities of Boko Haram have been
reduced to the Sambisa Forest and their capacity to
launch major offensives has been degraded.
”Boko Haram has now resorted to attacking soft
targets such as markets, mosques and churches using
innocent under-aged hapless children to detonate
locally made Improvised Explosive Devices.”
On April 14-15 2014, 276 female students were kidnapped from the
Government Secondary School in Chibok town, Borno State by
dangerous sect, Boko Haram.
Efforts of the military and the government have not yielded any positive
result since the kidnapping, and according to multiple reports, the
whereabouts of the girls are still unknown.
It is believed that the terrorists forced the girls into marriage and
scattered them across neighbouring Nigerian countries - Cameroon ,
Chad , Benin .
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