
The national security adviser (NSA),
Col. Sambo Dasuki, has declared that
Nigerian troops prosecuting the Boko
Haram war in the North-East will
rescue the 219 Chibok schoolgirls and
other Nigerians being held by the
insurgents before the May 29 handover
date.
Dasuki, who gave the assurance during
a media chat to commemorate the first
anniversary of the girls, also revealed
that troops would invade the Sambisa
Forest in Borno State before the
swearing-in of the president-elect,
General Muhammadu Buhari.
The NSA noted that the federal
government was
making all the necessary efforts to
ensure that the girls, along with other
Nigerians abducted by the terrorists,
were rescued, saying that every
movement of the terrorists was being
monitored.
“Right now, all Boko Haram camps,
except Sambisa Forest, have been
destroyed. Every movement of the
terrorists is being monitored and every
necessary detail is being taken care of
to rid the country of the last bastion of
terrorists’ infestation,” he said.
“Aside the Chibok girls, other Nigerian
girls, boys, men and women were
abducted by the terrorists and all
efforts are being made to rescue them
all.”
He claimed that Sambisa Forest would
have since been liberated but for the
unfavourable weather condition
prevailing in the area, as
reconnaissance activities and
deployment of troops had been made.
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