FG Expresses Confidence On Boko Haram’s Promise
As negotiations continues between the Federal Government and the Boko Hram terrorists group over the release of the abducted Chibok girls, the Federal Government has expressed confidence that the sect would keep their promise to release the over 234 kidnapped girls.
The Federal Government revealed that it had no reason to doubt Boko Haram’s promise to release the abducted girls even while the sect allegedly breached the ceasefire agreement they recently entered, Vanguard reports.
A top military official who spoke on condition of anonymity disclosed that the dialogue between the Federal Government and representatives of the Boko Harm sect is expected to continue today in Chad.
“It is true that the sect demanded the release of some of their fighters and the Federal Government is ready to meet some of their conditions to secure the girls’ freedom. There are high hopes that the girls will be released; the military is ready to move in and bring out the girls when this is done. Already, the Federal Government has put machinery in motion to receive the girls once they are released,” the source said.
Speaking on the ceasefire agreement reached by the Nigerian army and Boko Haram, he confirmed that the military is adhering to its part of the agreement. He said the attacks reportedly carried out at the weekend in Borno and Adamawa States would be investigated to know who was actually responsible for it.
It would be recalled that on Friday last week, the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, announced that Boko Haram had agreed to a ceasefire and instructed all the field commanders of the troops to observe the ceasefire deal.
The Defence headquarters has put Commanders of troops at the battlefield on standby as there were indications that the kidnapped school girls that were taken from Government Girls Secondary School Chibok, Borno State on Aril 14, 2014, would be released tomorrow.
Meanwhile, Mr. Mike Omeri, the Coordinator of the National Information Centre at the weekend confirmed that negotiations were ongoing with Boko Haram terrorists.
“Especially as it concerns release of the Chibok girls and the general insecurity in the North East and also the need to rescue all other captives of the terrorists. Already, the terrorists have announced a ceasefire in furtherance of their desire for peace. In this regard, the government of Nigeria has, in similar vein, declared ceasefire,” Omeri said.
In a related development, Alhaji Adamu Muazu, the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Sunday said he has no comment to make over the critics of the Federal Government on the issue of the kidnapped Chibok girls saying, he has handed girls to God.
The PDP chairman, who accused the opposition party of politicising the matter, revealed that PDP will no longer respond to critics on the matter.
Muazu on his twitter account said: “We will refrain from making further comments on this issue but let Allah judge all of us on this issue of #PoliticsOfChibok. The opposition had crossed the line on the Chibok abduction and many other issues, it is no longer necessary to join issues with them. It is true that in politics, all game is fair game, but there are certain lines that should never be crossed and one of such is the Chibok issue.
“We were told a certain political party has turned the plight of our abducted Chibok daughters to a political issue. How very sad. Dear Nigerians, our great party is tired of responding to pettiness, lies and propaganda. We have better things to do than that.”
Meanwhile, it was reported that the Chadian President, Idriss Deby, was the one responsible for the ongoing ceasefire agreement between the Federal Government and Boko Haram.
However, few days after the Federal Government announced a ceasefire agreement with the Boko Haram terrorists group, a series of deadly attacks was launched on a number of Nigerian villages.
