Chibok Girls: Sambisa Forest to be liberatedMay 29 – NSA

File: A screengrabtaken on May 12, 2014, from a video of Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram obtained by AFP shows girls, wearing the full-length hijab and praying in an undisclosed rural location. Boko Haram released a new video on claiming toshow the missing Nigerian schoolgirls, alleging they had convertedto Islam and would not be released until all militant prisoners were freed. A total of 276 girls were abducted on April 14 from the northeasterntown ofChibok, in Borno state, which has a sizeable Christian community. Some223 are still missing.
On the one year anniversary of the abduction of over 200 Chibok girls, the National Security Adviser (NSA) Col. Sambo Dasuki has assured that the girls will berescuedby the military, adding, that the Sambisa Forestwill be liberated beforeMay 29.
In a statementby PRNigeria, the NSA said, the movementof the terroristsis being monitored and the military is leaving no stone unturned to “rid the country of thelast bastion of terrorists’ infestation”.
“Right now, all Boko Haram camps, except Sambisa Foresthave been destroyed. The forestwould have since been liberated but for the unfavourable weather condition prevailing in the area as all needed reconnaissance activity and necessarydeployment of troops have been made for the operation. ”
“Every movementof the terroristsis being monitored and every necessarydetail is being taken care of torid the countryof the last bastion of terrorists’infestation”.
“Aside the Chibok girls, other Nigerian girls, boys, men and women were abducted by the terrorists and all effortsare being madeto rescue them all.”
While appealing for a little moretime to completethe routing of terrorists, Dasuki recalled that before electionswere postponed in February, over 20 local governmentswere occupied by Book Haram and that most Nigerians were pleasantly surprised that so much was achieved against insurgency within six weeks.
Commending President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan on the successfulconduct ofthe 2015 elections, the securityadviser however, noted that nobody pressured the President into conceding defeat in thepresidential election.
“President Jonathan had already given his words to all thesecurity and service chiefs before the electionthat he would abide by the decision of Nigerians. At the meeting, he also told them to performtheirduties professionally during thepolls.
“While we anticipated that he would congratulate his opponent if the resultis announced in favour of opposition candidate, he gratuitously without prompting ofanyone concededdefeatto the surprise of all.”