FG Can Swap Boko Haram Members For Chobok Girls, But We Are Going Ahead With Our Operation - Army

 

Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Olonishakin, on Monday responded to the prisoners’ swap demand made by Boko Haram in a new video of the abducted Chibok girls.

While addressing reporters after a workshop organised for top Security Chiefs in Abuja yesterday, General Olonishakin said that the demand that the Federal Government swap detained Boko Haram members for the Chibok Girls was a political decision that would not stop ongoing military operations.

He said efforts to rescue the girls would continue until the girls are out. For now, they say the Chibok girls have over stayed in the hands of Boko Haram and that is seen as a challenge for the government.

The Boko Haram had in the video claimed that the Nigerian Air Force killed some of the girls in aerial bombardments. It also released video footages showing some deceased girls.

Earlier, General said the the Nigerian military has begun analysing the new Boko Haram video posted by the terrorist.

He also said that the war against Boko Haram was a military operation that is going on appropriately.