Though the general public from within and outside Nigeria
received the news of the purported released of the 21 kidnapped Chibok school
girls.
However, people are beginning to have a mixed feeling about
the authenticity of the kidnap and release of these girls, as the Nigeria’s
military has come out to deny any knowledge of the released of the twenty one
Chibok school girls by the dreaded Boko Haram insurgents on Thursday.
Although the Defence Headquarters while speaking to the News
Agency of Nigeria (NAN) stated on Thursday that it is carrying out “serious
operations to rescue them and other Nigerians in Boko Haram captivity.”
The DHQ said: “Military is unaware of the release of some
Chibok Girls but serious operations are on to rescue them and other Nigerians
in Boko Haram’s captivity – DHQ.”
On the other hand, the Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu
in his press release affirmed the recent release of the said girls who were
among the over 200 kidnapped in April 2014, as they are were in the hands of
the DSS.
Garba said this in a statement released Thursday, “It is
confirmed that 21 of the missing Chibok Girls have been released and are in the
custody of the Department of State Services, DSS. The Director-General of the
DSS, Malam Lawal Daura has just briefed President Muhammadu Buhari on the
matter.”
Shehu further said: “The release of the girls, in a limited
number, is the outcome of negotiations between the administration and Boko
Haram, brokered by the International Red Cross and the Swiss government. The
negotiations will continue.”
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