The Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), Ban Ki-Moon has called for the unconditional release of the abducted Chibok girls.
UN chief demands unconditional release of Chibok girls
Ban made the call on Monday, August 24, 2015, after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
Ban Ki-Moon
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Ban made the call on Monday, August 24, 2015, after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
The UN boss also commended Buhari on his anti-corruption war saying “When you change Nigeria, you have also changed Africa.”
Buhari on his part thanked Ban Ki-Moon for inviting him to attend the UN General Assembly holding in New York on September 27 and 28.
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The Chibok girls were abducted by Boko Haram militants on April 14, 2014 and most of them remain in captivity.
A faction of the sect is meanwhile said to have approached the Nigerian government for negotiations using the missing girls as its bargaining chip.
Buhari had said, during a visit to the US in July, that he would not rule out negotiating with the sect in a bid to the get the girls back.
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