President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians and the international community that the missing 101 Dapchi girls will be rescued or released.
Speaking at a meeting in government house Yobe, attended by government officials, security and intelligence chiefs, community and religious leaders, president Buhari recounted recent successes recorded by the administration in rescuing Boko Haram hostages.
Citing the release of more than 100 chibok girls, university of Maiduguri lecturers, some women police personnel, students and an NYSC member, the president declared: “i have no doubt that the Dapchi girls will be rescued or released. I want to reassure parents, Nigerians and the international community that we will do all that is within our power to make sure that the girls are brought back safely to their families.”
President Buhari, according to a statement by his media aide Garba Shehu told the gathering that the federal government is partnering with the international community, including Nigeria’s immediate neighbours to ensure the safe return of the girls.
President Buhari warned that anyone found to be negligent leading to the abductions would be punished in acordance with the law.
Enumerating several steps so far taken in the search and rescue of the missing girls, the president described the efforts as the best in the given circumstances, adding that it was a marked departure from the attitude of the preceding administration when 276 Chibok schoolgirls were abducted.
Source: AIT Online.
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