The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says the
Federal Government is doing everything possible to secure the release of
the Chibok girls and put an end to the horrible saga of their abduction.
This is contained in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja by Mr. Segun
Adeyemi, the Special Adviser to the Minister.
The minister, who was reacting to the latest video of some of the girls,
said 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,” he said.
Mohammed expressed the hope that the latest development will 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.