President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered an
investigation into the abduction of the 219 girls
from Government Secondary in Chibok, Borno
State.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on
Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, said
this in a statement on Thursday.
Shehu said the panel to investigate the abduction
which occurred in April 2014 would soon be
named by the National Security Adviser, General
Babagana Munguno.
He said the investigation would seek to, among
other things; unravel the remote and immediate
circumstances leading to the kidnap of the girls
by Boko Haram terrorists as well the other
events, actions and inactions that followed the
incident.
He said this came to light just as Buhari assured
parents of the Chibok girls that he had been
doing his best and would continue to do
everything possible to rescue them and re-unite
them with their families.
Shehu quoted Buhari as saying this at the State
House in Abuja yesterday during a meeting with
some parents of the missing girls, representatives
of the Chibok community and members of the
BringBackOurGirls movement.
He said the president noted that he remained
committed to his pledge to do all within his
powers to save the girls.
"I assure you that I go to bed and wake up every
day with the Chibok girls on my mind. The
unfortunate incident happened before this
government came into being.
What have we done since we assumed office? We
reorganised the military, removed all the service
chiefs and ordered the succeeding service chiefs
to deal decisively with the Boko Haram
insurgency.
"In spite of the terrible economic condition we
found ourselves in, we tried to get some resources
to give to the military to reorganize and equip,
retrain, deploy more troops and move more
forcefully against Boko Haram. And you all know
the progress we have made. When we came in
Boko Haram was in Adamawa, Yobe and Borno.
Boko Haram has now been reduced to areas
around Lake Chad.
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