President Buhari Holds Talks With Boko Haram To Free More Chibok Girls

by November 29, 2016, 10:24 am

A screengrab taken on May 12, 2014, from...A screengrab taken on May 12, 2014, from a video of Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram obtained by AFP shows girls, wearing the full-length hijab and praying in an undisclosed rural location. Boko Haram released a new video on claiming to show the missing Nigerian schoolgirls, alleging they had converted to Islam and would not be released until all militant prisoners were freed. A total of 276 girls were abducted on April 14 from the northeastern town of Chibok, in Borno state, which has a sizeable Christian community. Some 223 are still missing. AFP PHOTO / BOKO HARAM RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / BOKO HARAM" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTSHO/AFP/Getty Images

The Presidency is currently holding talks with members of the deadly Boko Haram group for the release of more Chibok girls

Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Femi Adesina disclosed this on Monday shortly after delivering lectures at the Nigerian Army School of Public Relations and Information (NASPRI) annual media workshop for Defence Correspondents and Commanding Officers.

Adesina according to Sun said with talks still ongoing, many more girls would be recovered.

He denied reports that federal government knows sponsors of Boko Haram.

He stated that if government knows the sponsors and it is sure that they are sponsors, they would not be spared.

News 24 recalls that the dreaded terrorist group had on October 13, 2016 released 21 girls out of the more than 200 girls abducted from their schools in Borno State in 2014