The Federal Government, today, April 8, denied reports
suggesting that the over 200 school girls kidnapped from Chibok
community by members of Boko-Haram sect have been killed.
Raad Zeid al Hussein, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees official, last week, said that the over 200 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by...
horror Boko Haram sect a year ago may have been slaughtered.
However,
during a security briefing in Abuja, the Coordinator of National
Information Centre (NIC), Mr Mike Omeri, denied this reports,
maintaining that all hope on rescuing the girls alive is not lost yet.
He however urged Nigerians to be hopeful as recovery of the captured
towns and villages by Boko Haram were still ongoing by the Nigerian
Troops, urging people to disregard speculations.
Omeri said; “The
search for Chibok girls continues and that is why even with capture of
Bama and the rest, security and military have never relent, and until it
is concluded, we cannot begins to believe speculation.
“I
think the one year anniversary is next week, and we hope to give a
comprehensive report on what we know so far, and how far the searching
has gone.

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