President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday expressed delight over the release
of 21 Chibok schoolgirls by the Boko Haram sect. Malam Garba Shehu, the
president’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, said this in
his twitter handle.
He stated that the president, however, cautioned “Nigerians to be mindful
of the fact that more than 30,000 fellow citizens were killed via
terrorism.’’
According to him, the release of the girls, in a limited number, is the
outcome of negotiations between the Federal Government and the the Boko
Haram, brokered by the International Red Cross and the Swiss Government.
He said that the negotiations would continue.
He said the released girls would soon be handed over to Vice-President
Yemi Osinbajo by the DSS. More than 200 female students were kidnapped on
April 14, 2014 from the Government Secondary School in Chibok town, Borno.
There were reports that 57 of the schoolgirls managed to escape over the
next few months and some have described their capture in appearances at
international human rights conferences.