NIGERIA READY TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY MEASURES TO FREE CHIBOK GIRLS -- PRESIDENT BUHARI

President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated the preparedness of the Federal Government to discuss the release of the Chibok girls kidnapped by Boko Haram terror group since 2014,

In an interview with journalists in Nairobi, Kenya at the weekend, President Buhari said the Nigerian government is ready to dialogue with bonafide leaders of the terror group who know the whereabouts of the girls.

‘‘I have made a couple of comments on the Chibok girls and it seems to me that much of it has been politicised.

‘‘What we said is that the government which I preside over is prepared to talk to bonafide leaders of Boko Haram.

‘‘If they do not want to talk to us directly, let them pick an internationally recognised Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), convince them that they are holding the girls and that they want Nigeria to release a number of Boko Haram leaders in detention, which they are supposed to know.

‘‘If they do it through the ‘modified leadership’ of Boko Haram and they talk with an internationally recognised NGO then Nigeria will be prepared to discuss for their release,’’ he said.

President Buhari, who spoke to the media on the margins of the sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI), warned that the Federal Government will not waste time and resources with ``doubtful sources’’ claiming to know the whereabouts of the girls.

‘‘We want those girls out and safe. The faster we can recover them and hand them over to their parents, the better for us.’’

The President maintained that the terror group, which pledged allegiance to ISIS, has been largely decimated by the gallant Nigerian military with the support of immediate neighbours from Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Benin.

‘‘Some of the information about the division in Boko Haram is already in the press and I have read in the papers about the conflict in their leadership.

‘‘The person known in Nigeria as their leader, we understand was edged out and the Nigerian members of Boko Haram started turning themselves to the Nigerian military.

‘‘We learnt that in an air strike by the Nigeria Air Force he was wounded. Indeed their top hierarchy and lower cadre have a problem and we know this because when we came into power, they were holding 14 out of the 774 local governments in Nigeria. But now they are not holding any territory and they have split to small groups attacking soft targets.

On the militancy in the Niger Delta region, the President said the Federal Government is also open to dialogue to resolve all contending issues in the area.

‘‘We do not believe that they (the militants) have announced ceasefire. We are trying to understand them more. Who are their leaders and which areas do they operate and other relevant issues,’’ he said.

Garba Shehu
SSA to the President (Media & Publicity)
August 28, 2016

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Source: http://www.trezzyblog.com/2016/08/nigeria-ready-to-take-all-necessary.html

Either he's talking or he's traveling. He thinks Nigeria is a joke?

Oby Ezekwesili will be like

HermitSage:
Either he's talking or he's traveling. He thinks Nigeria is a joke?

and obviously u re part of it

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Useless government...

When it comes to Africa, no Nigerian leader has ever been found anywhere behind the front row in any photoshot because we are the leader in Africa. How come this one is missing and hiding behind thereby relinquishing our position as leader to small unknown countries. This bubu wont run us out of existence before his odd four years are over. Damn.

mumu president

totorimi:
When it comes to Africa, no Nigerian leader has ever been found anywhere behind the front row in any photoshot because we are the leader in Africa. How come this one is missing and hiding behind thereby relinquishing our position as leader to small unknown countries. This bubu wont run us out of existence before his odd four years are over. Damn.

Complete blunder by the protocol. I spotted that too

buhari the clueless president....we are still waiting for him to free chibok girls

when we came into power, they were holding 14 out of the 774 local governments in Nigeria.

Bokoharam wasn't holding any territory when Buhari took over power. Any territory they held after the six weeks offensive before the election was caused by Buhari's government complacency.

Nigeria held elections in 774 local governments in 2015 and in all 109 Senatorial zones in Nigeria and have their results declared by INEC - Fact.

Any other propaganda they tell you is null and void. Was it Bokoharam that conducted Elections in all the Federal and States House of Assembly Constituencies in those 14 LGAs?

Gen. Cassy is a mentus. The same propaganda they used in getting to power is about to back-fire, they should just forget abt the girls, so many waters ve passed under the bridge.

Some of the progenitors of the BBOG ve been settled for a job well done, probably those still stoking the fire are awaiting their own rewards too.

Emmm, where is "Ogbeni Tinubu"?he's been too quiet of late, hope he has nothing up his sleeves? Nobody will listen to him again not after deceiving Nigerians that Nigeria would become an "Eldorado' once the A. P. C gets to power.

Who will save us from this one-chance "change government"?and whether we like it or not BUBU will want to go for another term once his first term expires, even though he might be too feeble to continue, those benefiting from him will egg him on to contest because no matter wat we think some people re still benefitting from this crazy arrangement.