The Vice President, Professor Yemi
Osinbajo, has said negotiations
are ongoing for the release of
more Chibok schoolgirls still in the
custody of Boko Haram terrorists,
expressing optimism that the
dialogue would yield the desired
result.
Yemi Osinbajo
Vice President Osinbajo made this
known, Tuesday evening, at an
interaction with journalists and
activists at the state house in
Abuja.

“There is a lot of negotiation
going on,” adding that
government had “gone quite far”
with negotiations to free more
girls, but did not provide details
of the negotiations for apparent
security reasons.
UNICEF report
This came as the United Nations
Childrens’ Fund, UNICEF, reported
that Boko Haram insurgents have
used a total of 117 children,
mainly girls, to carry out suicide
bomb attacks in public places
across Nigeria, Chad, Niger and
Cameroon since 2014.
It called for stoppage of
recruitment and use of children in
armed conflict as ‘suicide
bombers.’
Osinbajo
During the meeting with
newsmen, Vice President Osinbajo
hinted that one of the challenges
of freeing the girls was the
existence of two factions in Boko
Haram, with each faction holding
on to some of the girls.
One of the factions is led by
Abubakar Shekau, the erstwhile
leader of the group, while a
breakaway faction is led by Abu
Musab al-Barnawi, believed to be
a son of the late founder of the
group, Mohammed Yusuf.
Osinbajo, however, said the
Buhari administration was very
committed to the release of the
remaining Chibok girls and other
captives held by the terrorists.
“It is a matter of conscience that
concerns everyone,” he added.
It will be recalled that Boko
Haram seized 276 pupils from the
Government Girls Secondary
School in Chibok on the night of
April 14, 2014.
About 57 of the girls managed to
escape in the immediate
aftermath of the abduction, while
negotiations between the Federal
Government and Boko Haram led
to the release of 21 of the
schoolgirls.
Another three were freed by
soldiers, while dozens others
escaped on their own.
UNICEF
A UNICEF report entitled Silent
Shame: Bringing out the voices of
children caught in the Lake Chad
crisis, said the increase reflects an
alarming tactic by the insurgents.
It said: “So far, 117 children have
been used to carry out bomb
attacks in public places across
Nigeria, Chad, Niger and
Cameroon since 2014: four in
2014, 56 in 2015, 30 in 2016 and
27 in the first three months of
2017.
“Girls have been used in the vast
majority of these attacks. The
number of children used in
‘suicide’ attacks in the Lake Chad
conflict has surged to 27 in the
first quarter of 2017, compared to
nine over the same period last
year.”
According to UNICEF’s Regional
Director for West and Central
Africa, Marie-Pierre Poirier, “in the
first three months of this year, the
number of children used in bomb
attacks is nearly the same as the
whole of last year— this is the
worst possible use of children in
conflicts.
“These children are victims, not
perpetrators. Forcing or deceiving
them into committing such
horrific acts is reprehensible.”


Source: www.vanguardngr.com

Is okay

a sane country never negotiate directly with blood thirsty terrorists.

Hmmm

Kai.......useless Govt with useless supporter's, I thought they said Buhari-boko boys no longer exist,so were are the Chibok girls, waiting for next year to released the girls then use it for 2019 campaign

FavoredGuy:
The Vice President, Professor Yemi
Osinbajo, has said negotiations
are ongoing for the release of
more Chibok schoolgirls still in the
custody of Boko Haram terrorists,
expressing optimism that the
dialogue would yield the desired
result.
Yemi Osinbajo
Vice President Osinbajo made this
known, Tuesday evening, at an
interaction with journalists and
activists at the state house in
Abuja.

“There is a lot of negotiation
going on,” adding that
government had “gone quite far”
with negotiations to free more
girls, but did not provide details
of the negotiations for apparent
security reasons.
UNICEF report
This came as the United Nations
Childrens’ Fund, UNICEF, reported
that Boko Haram insurgents have
used a total of 117 children,
mainly girls, to carry out suicide
bomb attacks in public places
across Nigeria, Chad, Niger and
Cameroon since 2014.
It called for stoppage of
recruitment and use of children in
armed conflict as ‘suicide
bombers.’
Osinbajo
During the meeting with
newsmen, Vice President Osinbajo
hinted that one of the challenges
of freeing the girls was the
existence of two factions in Boko
Haram, with each faction holding
on to some of the girls.
One of the factions is led by
Abubakar Shekau, the erstwhile
leader of the group, while a
breakaway faction is led by Abu
Musab al-Barnawi, believed to be
a son of the late founder of the
group, Mohammed Yusuf.
Osinbajo, however, said the
Buhari administration was very
committed to the release of the
remaining Chibok girls and other
captives held by the terrorists.
“It is a matter of conscience that
concerns everyone,” he added.
It will be recalled that Boko
Haram seized 276 pupils from the
Government Girls Secondary
School in Chibok on the night of
April 14, 2014.
About 57 of the girls managed to
escape in the immediate
aftermath of the abduction, while
negotiations between the Federal
Government and Boko Haram led
to the release of 21 of the
schoolgirls.
Another three were freed by
soldiers, while dozens others
escaped on their own.
UNICEF
A UNICEF report entitled Silent
Shame: Bringing out the voices of
children caught in the Lake Chad
crisis, said the increase reflects an
alarming tactic by the insurgents.
It said: “So far, 117 children have
been used to carry out bomb
attacks in public places across
Nigeria, Chad, Niger and
Cameroon since 2014: four in
2014, 56 in 2015, 30 in 2016 and
27 in the first three months of
2017.
“Girls have been used in the vast
majority of these attacks. The
number of children used in
‘suicide’ attacks in the Lake Chad
conflict has surged to 27 in the
first quarter of 2017, compared to
nine over the same period last
year.”
According to UNICEF’s Regional
Director for West and Central
Africa, Marie-Pierre Poirier, “in the
first three months of this year, the
number of children used in bomb
attacks is nearly the same as the
whole of last year— this is the
worst possible use of children in
conflicts.
“These children are victims, not
perpetrators. Forcing or deceiving
them into committing such
horrific acts is reprehensible.”


Source: www.vanguardngr.com

I said it,thought they said they are not negotiating with book haram
na wa o!