The Federal Government on Wednesday revealed
the role President Muhammadu Buhari played in the release of the abducted
schoolgirls from the Government Girls Science School in Dapchi, Yobi State.
Minister of Information and
Culture, Lai Mohammed said the “directive by the President to all security
agencies to do everything possible to secure the release of the girls” abducted
on February 19, 2018, “yielded fruits in the early hours of Wednesday.
In a statement signed by his spokesperson, Segun Adeyemi, Mohammed “confirmed the release
of 76 of the 110 abducted students in the early hours of Wednesday.”
He also assured that the release
of the remaining abducted students was ongoing.
He said the girls were, “released
around 3am through back-channel efforts and with the help of some friends of
the country, and that it was unconditional.
”For the release to work, the
government had a clear understanding that violence and confrontation would not
be the way out as it could endanger the lives of the girls,
hence a non-violent approach was the preferred option.
”Within the period when the girls
were being brought back, operational pause was observed in certain areas to
ensure free passage and also that lives were not lost,” Alhaji Mohammed said.
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