Five years of Chibok girls abduction: President speaks on Federal Government efforts on the rescue of abducted Chibok girls.

As today marks five years that the Chibok girls were abducted from Chibok College in Borno State. 

The President has emphasized that the Federal Government efforts on rescuing few of the abducted girls and also assured the families of the  remaining abducted girl that his administration will not relent on their rescue mission to bring them back.

  

He said "Today marks five years since the abduction of our Chibok daughters. We have succeeded in bringing back 107 of them, but we will not rest until all the remaining girls are back and reunited with their families. I made this promise when I became President, and I will keep it.

"We will never give up on our missing daughters, including Leah Sharibu; and all the other people held hostage by Boko Haram. In the last four years our security agencies have successfully rescued thousands of captives, and they will not relent until every captive is free.

"It gladdens our hearts to see the progress being made by the young women rescued from Boko Haram. We celebrate their courage & determination to defy the evil ideology of the terrorists, by continuing to pursue their education. There is no doubt that the world is inspired by them.

"I extend our best wishes to all the Chibok girls in various schools in Nigeria and around the world. Special congratulations to Kauna Yaga Bitrus, who has excelled in her college in Maine, USA, and will very soon be receiving an 'Against All Odds Award' from her school."