Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday confirmed that
another Chibok schoolgirl had been found, barely 12 days after the release of
the 82 abducted girls by their captors.
The development came about 2 weeks after Boko Haram release
82 Chibok girls.
Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and
Publicity, told State House correspondents in Abuja, that the recovery of the
girl was announced by the acting president during the Federal Executive Council
(FEC) meeting.
According to him, the girl has been brought to Abuja to
join her colleagues who were rescued from captivity.
“At the Federal Executive Council’s meeting, the
Vice-President broke the cheering news to members of the cabinet and after that
I have also spoken to defence people who confirmed it.
“The details are yet to fully unravel. But in terms of is it
true- yes, it is true. I learnt she is already being brought to Abuja, but I
have not seen her”.
The presidential aide expressed the hope that the remaining
Chibok schoolgirls and other Nigerians in captivity would soon be rescued.
He also dismissed the assertion that members of the Boko
Haram sect had started regrouping in the Sambisa forest, saying that the
Federal Government had the capacity to confront any security challenge arising
from any part of the country.
“One thing you can be sure of is that this government has
the capacity to confront any security challenge that arises.
“So, if they are regrouping they will be flushed out again.
“I believe that we have seen the worst of that insurgency.
We are in a mopping up process and I believe the mop up would be completed.’’
By Wale Odunsi
