Abducted Chibok Girls: FG Reiterates Efforts To Ensure Release

Posted by African Examiner Featured, Latest Headlines, News Monday, August 15th, 2016

ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government (FG) has reiterated it is doing is doing everything possible to secure the release of the abducted Chibok girls as well as put an end to the horrible saga of

Reacting to the latest video of some of the girls, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said in a statement issued in Abuja Sunday that the government was in touch with those purportedly behind the video.

”We are on top of the situation. But we are being extremely careful because the situation has been compounded by the split in the leadership of Boko Haram. We are also being guided by the need to ensure the safety of the girls.

”Since this is not the first time we have been contacted over the issue, we want to be doubly sure that those we are in touch with are who they claim to be,” the Minister said.

Alhaji Mohammed expressed the hope that the latest development would signal the beginning of the end of the nightmare to which the girls, their families and indeed all Nigerians have been subjected since the unfortunate abduction.