As the world commemorates the 1,000th day of the abduction of schoolgirls from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, President Muhammadu Buhari has restated the commitment of the federal government in securing the release of the remaining youngsters kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents. In a statement by the Special Adviser to the President, Mr Femi Adesina, Buhari said: “We are grateful to God that on this landmark day, we are not completely in the depths of despair, but buoyed with hope that our daughters will yet rejoin their families and loved ones. “Three of them have been recovered by our diligent military, while the freedom of 21 others was secured through engagement with their captors. We are hopeful that many more will still return as soon as practicable”. He reiterated his pledge, pronounced many times in the past, that government would not spare any effort to reunite the girls with their families. “I salute the fortitude of the distraught parents. As a ...
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