Ban Ki Moon Re-echoes Demands For unconditional Release of Chibok Girls

Posted by African Examiner Featured, Latest Headlines, National News, News Monday, August 24th, 2015

Ayodele Afolabi Abuja – United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon has called for the unconditional release of the over 200 girls abducted in their school in Chibok, Borno State last year.

Ban Ki-Moon made the appeal while addressing State House correspondents shortly after having a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, as part of the activities lined up for his two-day visit to the country.

The girls were abducted by the dreaded Islamist sect Boko Haram in their dormitory in April 2014.

Ki Moon commended Buhari who he said had embarked on an agenda for change in which he was prioritising security and anti-corruption .

He promised UN support for the President’s agenda, saying “When you change Nigeria, you have also changed Africa.

Buhari on his part said they discussed the difficult time Nigeria had found itself during the meeting.

He said the step was taken so that the UN could assist the country.

He thanked Ban Ki-Moon for extending invitation to him to attend the UN General Assembly holding in New York on September 27 and 28.

The UN scribe will return to the Presidential Villa by 7pm for a dinner organised in his honour.