Boko Haram: Expert weighs in on ceasefire agreement
148 views · Published 18 October 2014 · 8:09 · Indexed 6 November 2026
Channel: TV360 Nigeria · 2014 · News & Politics
The Nigerian government has announced that it has agreed a ceasefire with militant Islamist sect Boko Haram and that negotiations are ongoing to free the 219 schoolgirls kidnapped by the sect back in April this year in the remote town of Chibok in northeast Bornu State Details of the negotiations are still very sketchy. Principal Private Secretary of President Goodluck Jonathan, Hasan Tukur confirmed that the deal was brokered after months of negotiation with the sect. He also confirmed that the release of the Chibok girls was discussed but did not say if any agreement was actually reached on that.
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