General Ibrahim Babangida, ex-military President, has
described the recent release of 21 Chibok girls as a signal of hope for the
nation.
Babangida, who rejoiced with the families, people of Nigeria
and the Federal Government over the release of the abducted Chibok Girls, said
their release was an indication that President Muhammadu Buhari’s government
was committed to ensuring safe release of all the abducted girls.
“It is a thing of joy for the girls to have been reunited
with their families after being taken away in such painful and abrupt manner
for over two and a half years,” he said.
Speaking at his Uphill Residence in Minna, yesterday, the
former military president lauded President Buhari’s effort for the resilience
shown thus far on the release of the abducted Chibok school girls, despite the
general lethargy and dampening spirit caused by the mode of operation of the
deadly group.
He urged the Federal Government, security agencies and other
partners to hasten negotiations to free the remaining girls and rehabilitate
them from the psychological trauma they might have encountered in the last two
and a half years.
The former military president reaffirmed his belief in the
professional capability of the Nigerian armed forces and other security
agencies to ensure that an end was put to the activities of the Boko Haram sect
completely, maintaining that the Nigerian armed forces had the training and professional
background to end all forms of security threat to the nation such as
kidnappings, armed robbery, cattle rustling, farmers/herdsmen clashes and other
forms of vandalism.
Babangida called on all Nigerians to offer all forms of
assistance to the released Chibok girls, so that they could overcome the
mental, physical and psychological trauma they must have gone through over the
past two and a half years.
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