There Are Plans for More Chibok Girls to Be Released...See Interesting Details

It has been revealed that more of the kidnapped Chibok Girls still in Boko Haram captivity will soon be released as plans are already in place

The Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, on Sunday expressed optimism that more Chibok girls would be released soon. He spoke in Ibadan at the 3rd General Assembly of the Muslim Ummah of South West (MUSWEN).

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that no fewer than 82 Chibok girls were released by the terrorist sect, Boko Haram, on Saturday.

The minister said more of the girls held hostage by the insurgents would be set free as government was adopting the same method used in brokering the earlier releases.

Shittu also said that the president needed the prayers of Nigerians in regaining his health as well as tackling the challenges confronting the citizenry.

He said the current administration was averse to propaganda, adding that it was diligently working hard to put the country on the path of growth and development.

“It is now clear that Buhari has come today and you know that his body language is enough to get things working in a better way.

“Electricity has improved, price of petroleum products has stabilised, corruption has reduced to the barest minimum, Boko Haram is no longer in control of territories and the Niger Delta issue has been resolved," Shittu said.

Shittu also said that for the first time in the history of the country, telecommunication contributed about 10 per cent to Nigeria’s GDP.

The President of MUSWEN, Alhaji Sakariyau Babalola, in his remarks, urged government at all levels to do more for the people.

Babalola advised the Federal Government in particular to quicken the pace of work on its social investment programme, saying it could help improve the economic wellbeing of citizens.

He enjoined all Nigerians to pray for good health for the president and all leaders in the quest to promote development.

Babalola also rallied support for the anti-graft war, saying corruption had been a major factor that had not allowed Nigeria to claim its rightful place in the comity of nations.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that dignitaries at the occasion included Justice Tijani Babalakin and Abdul-Jabar Ajibola, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of MUSWEN.

Also present was Sheikh Jamiu Kewulere, the President-General of the League of Imams and Alfas of Yorubaland, Edo and Delta.

-NAN

Boko Haram: Police nab top leader who killed 150 in Baga

Bauchi State Police Command has announced the arrest‎​ of​​​ one Muhammad Adamu Nafiu, male, aged 25, of Balanga, Gombe State, at Tama village in Toro LGA of ​the state.
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Commissioner of Police, Garba Baba Umar, in a statement on Wednesday, said the ​s​uspect is a notorious ​top commander of Boko Haram, who relocated to Tama village in order to evade arrest after the​ sect was​ dislodged by troops at Sambisa Fo​rest.

​”​Preliminary investigation revealed that suspect was amon​g​ those declared by the Nigerian Army on Serial Number 176 on its wanted list​.​

​”H​e has voluntarily confessed to have killed over 150 people in Baga LGA of Borno State​ alone​.


​”​Case under investigation after which suspect would be handed over to the appropriate authority for discreet investigation​”, he said.

The Police boss also announced the arrest ​of one Osama Abubakar male, aged 20yrs, of Malam Goje Street of Bauchi.

​The ​suspect ​had ​use​d​ a sharp knife and cut off the left hand of one Abdul-aziz Mohd male, aged 23yrs of Gombe Road Bauchi, who is also alleged to be a Sara-Suka member.

Exhibits recovered include two sharp knives used in perpetrating the act.


​”​Preliminary investigation revealed that suspect is a notorious Sara-Suka thug who was convicted for similar offence in 2016.

​”​Suspect voluntarily confessed and is assisting the police with useful information that will assist in apprehending his accomplices​”, the statement added​.