The #BringBackOurGirls movement has commended the federal government over what it called the heartwarming news of the release of 82 Chibok school girls kidnapped by Boko Haram.
However , the group has also said it was awaiting names of those released so that it could verify their identity from the list of Chibok school girls abducted.
Oby Ezekwesili and Aisha Yesufu, leaders of #BBOG said in a statement Sunday: “We are eagerly looking forward to the official release of the names of the 82 girls in order to enable us as usual verify them against the #ChibokGirls list generated by the Presidential Fact-Finding Committee on the Abduction of the Chibok Schoolgirls (General Ibrahim Sabo Committee) report of 20 June 2014. Once we are able to do so, we shall communicate our findings to the public.
The #BBOG statement reads thus in full “The Nigerian Presidency has confirmed through a statement from the Presidency that 82 of our missing 195 #ChibokGirls have been released via a negotiated deal through the combined effort of security agencies, the military, the government of Switzerland, the Red Cross, local and international NGOs. The statement also conveys that the girls are due to arrive in Abuja to be received by the President today.
“We are exceedingly delighted by this good news that has been long awaited following last October when upon the release of our 21 #ChibokGirls, our Federal Government promised that; “another 83 was being negotiated to be released very soon”.
“We commend Mr President, the Federal Government and all the other partners for this heartwarming development.
“We are also glad that the statement from the Presidency makes a strong commitment to rescuing the remaining 113 of our #ChibokGirls that are still captives of terrorists. We urge President’s and his government’s to earnestly pursue the release of all our Chibok girls and other abducted citizens of Nigeria.
“We once again offer our absolute support to the initiative of the government necessary to bring collate to this tragedy.
“We are eagerly looking forward to the official release of the names of the 82 girls in order to enable us as usual verify them against the #ChibokGirls list generated by the Presidential Fact-Finding Committee on the Abduction of the Chibok Schoolgirls (General Ibrahim Sabo Committee) report of 20 June 2014. Once we are able to do so, we shall communicate our findings to the public.
“We once again thank everyone all over the world who has persisted with the parents of OUR #ChibokGirls and our movement in demanding for their rescue.”
