The Presidency,
on Thursday, confirmed that the location of the abducted Chibok School girls by
the defiant Boko Haram sect has been discovered by the nation’s security
forces.
Senior Special Assistant to the
President on Public Affairs, Dr Doyin Okupe, made the confirmation in a special
interview with the Cable News Network (CNN), monitored in Abuja by the Nigerian
Tribune, on Thursday.
“As an insider; I am saying that
the location of the Chibok schoolgirls is now known and President Goodluck
Jonathan is doing everything possible to ensure their safe return,” he
said.
The confirmation came a
week after the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh,
disclosed that the Nigerian military had discovered the whereabouts of the
schoolgirls.
Also, a competent source within
the presidency debunked the rumour that President Goodluck Jonathan was angry
with the CDS over the revelation to the effect that the Nigerian military had
discovered the whereabouts of the girls.
The source further said that the
president was not unmindful of the effect of the positive development on the
morale of the Nigerian military.
According to the source, “if the
Americans had made the breakthrough, that would have been the end of the
Nigerian military and the president, as the Commander-in-Chief, knows that at
all times, he must show and have confidence in the capacity and competence of
his troops.”
Dr Okupe assured the nation and
the international community that very soon, the nation’s security forces would
secure the release of the abducted girls and reunite them with their parents.
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