All negotiations are in the final stages for the girls who were abducted from a Government Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State, two years ago according to reports from Herald NG
It will be recalled that a fortnight ago, 21 of the girls were released following negotiations brokered by the Swiss Government and the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Asked when the next batch will be received by the government and people of Nigeria, the source said:
According to another source within the Presidency, the Federal Government has stepped up efforts to have all the girls rescued before Christmas.
There is renewed confidence within the corridors of power that having established authentic communication channels with Boko Haram heads, all the girls will return home soon enough.
A Presidency source added: “We are negotiating from a position of strength right now because we have the sect by the balls. Very soon, Nigerians will have cause to cheer again”.
Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, had expressed confidence that more Chibok girls will soon regain their freedom after the first batch of 21 made their way out of Boko Haram custody.
“We see this as a credible first step in the eventual release of all the Chibok girls in captivity. It is also a major step in confidence-building between us as a government and the Boko Haram leadership on the issue of the Chibok girls,” Mohammed had said.
There have been reports that a swap deal between Boko Haram and the Federal Government was struck before the first batch of 21 made their way out of Sambisa forest.
Officially, the Federal Government has denied it entered into a swap arrangement with the insurgents. However, intelligence sources and back channels have maintained that there was indeed a swap.
[The Herald NG]
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