WOMEN AFFAIRS MINISTER, PARENTS AND FREED CHIBOK SCH GIRLS MEETS AGAIN 00A&B. Minister mof Women Affairs, Senator Aisha Alhassan dance with Cross Section of the girls and praising God during the second meeting of Parents and Freed 106 Chiboks Girls as they prepare to enter high school for their remedial studies in September 2017. The Meeting took place at the A Class Garden in Abuja. PHOTO; SUNDAY AGHAEZE/STATE HOUSE. July 22, 2017
By Omeiza Ajayi
ABUJA— The Federal Government has said it was working behind the scenes to ensure the release of 113 Chibok girls.
Political Adviser to Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, Mr Babafemi Ojudu, announced this during a protest by Bring Back Our Girls, BBOG, movement in Abuja, yesterday.
“There are so many things we are doing; we have not forgotten them. Negotiations are ongoing,” he said.
In April 2014, 276 girls from an all female public secondary school in Chibok were abducted by Boko Haram.
Of this figure, 57 escaped, leaving 219 missing, out of which 106 have been released through negotiations between government and the sect. This left 113 of the girls still in the custody of the group.
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